Differential maintenance of DNA sequences in telomeric and centromeric heterochromatin

Genetics

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-60

  DeBaryshe, P G ^a   Pardue, Mary Lou ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; TRANSPOSON; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; DNA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HETEROCHROMATIN; RETROELEMENTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; TELOMERE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 78951479137     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.122994     Document Type: Article

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