Nuclear location of a chromatin insulator in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1025-1032

  Xu, Qinghao ^a   Li, Mo ^a   Adams, Jessica ^a   Cai, Haini N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin boundary; Drosophila; Gypsy; Insulator; suHw; SuHw

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER REGION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCUS; HEAT SHOCK; INHIBITION KINETICS; INSULATOR ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETROPOSON; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; LAC OPERON; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETROELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 1842532116     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00964     Document Type: Article

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