Drosophila melanogaster kl-3 and kl-5 Y-loops harbor triple-stranded nucleic acids

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1605-1612

  Piergentilli, Roberto ^a   Mencarelli, Caterina ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drosophila hydei; Heterochromatin; Lampbrush like loops; Triplex; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR KL 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR KL 5; TRIPLE STRANDED DNA; TRIPLEX ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; DYNEIN ATPASE; INTRONS; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SPERMATOCYTES; Y CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA HYDEI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 46249107553     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.025320     Document Type: Article

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