Identification and molecular genetic characterization of the polytene chromosome interbands in Drosophila melanogaster

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 521-532

  Vatolina, T Yu ^a   Demakov, S A ^a   Semeshin, V F ^a   Makunin, I V ^a   Babenko, V N ^b   Belyaeva, E S ^a   Zhimulev, I F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND FUNDAMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; GAF PROTEIN; HISTONE; ORC PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; SPACER DNA; TRX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME BAND; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DNA INTEGRATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 79956190706     PISSN: 10227954     EISSN: 16083369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1022795411040144     Document Type: Article

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