cis-acting determinants of heterochromatin formation on Drosophila melanogaster chromosome four

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 8210-8220

  Sun, Fang Lin ^a   Haynes, Karmella ^b   Simpson, Cory L ^b   Lee, Susan D ^b   Collins, Lynne ^b   Wuller, Jo ^b   Eissenberg, Joel C ^c   Elgin, S C R ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUCHROMATIN; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POSITION EFFECT VARIEGATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; TRANSGENE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENES, INSECT; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE DELETION; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MELANOGASTER; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 4444283219     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.18.8210-8220.2004     Document Type: Article

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