I element distribution in mitotic heterochromatin of Drosophila melanogaster reactive strains: Identification of a specific site which is correlated with the reactivity levels

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 160-164

  Dimitri, P ^a,b   Bucheton, A ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROCHROMATIN; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LARVA; MITOSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 23844507461     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084948     Document Type: Article

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