Evidence of activity-specific, radial organization of mitotic chromosomes in Drosophila

PLoS Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Strukov, Yuri G ^a   Sural, Tûba H ^b,c   Kuroda, Mitzi I ^b,c   Sedat, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN MSL3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HISTONE; MSL 3 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; MSL-3 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE LOCUS; INTERPHASE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROPHASE; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT CHROMOSOME; MALE; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOMES, INSECT; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HISTONES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOSIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 79851476678     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000574     Document Type: Article

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