The organization of interphase chromatin in drosophilidae: the self adhesion of chromatin containing the same DNA sequences.
Cytological evidence is presented which shows that for Drosophila virilis and Samoaia leonensis at least, each satellite DNA is condensed into a distinct heterochromatic mass during interphase. This is seen as just one example of a general phenomenon in which chromatin containing a particular DNA sequence binds to other chromatin containing the same sequence. It is proposed that DNA sequence specific proteins can account for this phenomenon.
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002455:Cell Division; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D004330:Drosophila; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000378:metabolism; D006570:Heterochromatin / Q000378:metabolism; D009698:Nucleoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation
D002843:Chromatin; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006570:Heterochromatin; D009698:Nucleoproteins; D004247:DNA