Immunostaining of drosophila polytene chromosomes to investigate recruitment of chromatin-binding proteins

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 809, Issue , 2012, Pages 267-277

  Murawska, Magdalena ^a   Brehm, Alexander ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Flavopiridol; Heat shock genes; Immunostaining; Polytene chromosomes; RNA

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; SPT5 TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

EID: 84555189655     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-376-9_18     Document Type: Article

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