Analysis of heterochromatic epigenetic markers in the holocentric chromosomes of the aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

Chromosome Research

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1015-1022

  Mandrioli, Mauro ^a   Borsatti, Federica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon; Aphid; Chromatin; Heterochromatin; Histone; HP1; Methylation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOSINE; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE; RIBOSOME DNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APHID; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROCHROMATIN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APHIDS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC MARKERS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ACYRTHOSIPHON; ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; EUKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 38049126173     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-007-1176-4     Document Type: Article

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