Epigenetic regulation of retrotransposons within the nucleolus of Drosophila

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6452-6461

  Eickbush, Danna G ^a   Ye, Junqiang ^a,b   Zhang, Xian ^a   Burke, William D ^a   Eickbush, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; EPIGENETICS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RETROPOSON;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DROSOPHILA; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MUTATION; RETROELEMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 53549088060     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01015-08     Document Type: Article

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