Genetic factors controlling white gene expression of the transposon A R 4-24 at a telomere in Drosophila melanogaster

Genome

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1025-1034

  Balasov, M L ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Heterochromatin protein 1; Position effect variegation

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 1;

ABC TRANSPORTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; HETEROCHROMATIN SPECIFIC NONHISTONE CHROMOSOMAL PROTEIN HP 1; HETEROCHROMATIN-SPECIFIC NONHISTONE CHROMOSOMAL PROTEIN HP-1; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; WHITE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOSAICISM; PHENOTYPE; TELOMERE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOSAICISM; PHENOTYPE; TELOMERE;

EID: 1842843956     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g02-074     Document Type: Article

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