Chromosome structure at interfaces between major chromatin types: alpha- and beta-heterochromatin.
The chromocenter of Drosophila polytene chromosomes, which consists of two major chromatin types, has long been a troublesome region in molecular terms. The recent microcloning of part of this region, the isolation of a monoclonal antibody to a beta-heterochromatin binding protein, and new in situ studies now shed a little more light on this chromosomal region.
Miklos
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Molecular Neurobiology Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra.
Cotsell
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D000818:Animals; D002843:Chromatin / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics; D006570:Heterochromatin / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008938:Mitosis; D008961:Models, Structural
D002843:Chromatin; D006570:Heterochromatin