Molecular and cytological characterization of repetitive DNA sequences from the centromeric heterochromatin of Sciara coprophila

Chromosoma

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 387-397

  Escribá, M Carmen ^a,b   Greciano, Patricia G ^b,e   Méndez Lago, María ^a,f   De Pablos, Beatriz ^a   Trifonov, Vladimir A ^c,d   Ferguson Smith, Malcolm A ^c   Goday, Clara ^b   Villasante, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c Department of Veterinary Medicine   (United Kingdom)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HETEROCHROMATIN; MICRODISSECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEMATOCERA; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; SALIVARY GLAND; SCIARA COPROPHILA; TANDEM REPEAT; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DIPTERA; DNA; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LARVA; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; SALIVARY GLANDS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TISSUE FIXATION; X CHROMOSOME;

BRADYSIA COPROPHILA; DIPTERA; NEMATOCERA;

EID: 80054706700     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: 14320886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-011-0320-2     Document Type: Article

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