The Mcp element mediates stable long-range chromosome-chromosome interactions in Drosophila

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2158-2165

  Vazquez, Julio ^a   Müller, Martin ^b   Pirrotta, Vincenzo ^c   Sedat, John W ^d  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; MALE; MCP GENE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOMES; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS;

EID: 33745599723     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E06-01-0049     Document Type: Article

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