A lot about a little dot - Lessons learned from Drosophila melanogaster chromosome 4

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 229-241

  Riddle, Nicole C ^a   Shaffer, Christopher D ^a   Elgin, Sarah C R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Dot chromosome; Drosophila; Heterochromatin; PEV; Silencing

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN; DOT CHROMOSOME; DROSOPHILA; HETEROCHROMATIN; PEV; SILENCING;

AMINO ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHROMOSOMES;

HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE H3; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; TRANSFER RNA;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUCHROMATIN; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GERM LINE; HETEROCHROMATIN; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POSITION EFFECT VARIEGATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EUCHROMATIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 65249180127     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: 12086002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O08-119     Document Type: Review

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