A distinct type of heterochromatin within Drosophila melanogaster chromosome 4

Genetics

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1539-1542

  Haynes, Karmella A ^a,b   Gracheva, Elena ^a   Elgin, Sarah C R ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; SU(VAR)3-9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; POSITION EFFECT VARIEGATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 34249014906     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.106.066407     Document Type: Article

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