Visualization of unconstrained negative supercoils of DNA on polytene chromosomes of Drosophila

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3797-3805

  Matsumoto, Kuniharu ^a   Hirose, Susumu ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Polytene chromosome; Psoralen; Supercoil; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMANITIN; DNA; PSORALEN; RIBONUCLEASE; STREPTAVIDIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DNA SUPERCOILING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; HEAT SHOCK; INTERPHASE; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMANITINS; ANIMALS; BIOTINYLATION; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FICUSIN; GENOME; HEAT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; X-RAYS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 4444234129     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01225     Document Type: Article

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