Heterochromatic distribution of HeT-A- and TART-like sequences in several Drosophila species

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 124-133

  Berloco, M ^a   Fanti, L ^b   Sheen, F ^c,d   Levis, R W ^c,e   Pimpinelli, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d Taiwan Genome Sciences Inc   (Taiwan)

^e GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ARM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; OPEN READING FRAMES; RETROELEMENTS; TELOMERE;

DROSOPHILA MAURITIANA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; DROSOPHILA TEISSIERI; DROSOPHILA YAKUBA;

EID: 23844466568     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084944     Document Type: Article

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