Genome mapping and characterization of the Anopheles gambiae heterochromatin

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Sharakhova, Maria V ^a   George, Phillip ^a   Brusentsova, Irina V ^b   Leman, Scotland C ^a   Bailey, Jeffrey A ^c   Smith, Christopher D ^d,e   Sharakhov, Igor V ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; LAMIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUCHROMATIN; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRAIT; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT GENOME; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETROPOSON; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; GENOME;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EUCHROMATIN; GENOME, INSECT; HETEROCHROMATIN; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

EID: 77955102935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-459     Document Type: Article

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