Chromosomal structure is altered by mutations that suppress or enhance position effect variegation.

doi:10.1007/BF01726690

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Chromosomal structure is altered by mutations that suppress or enhance position effect variegation.

Chromosoma - 1 Oct 1990

Hayashi S, Ruddell A, Sinclair D, Grigliatti T

Abstract excerpt

We examined the genetic, morphological, and molecular effects of position effect variegation in Drosophila, and the effects of mutations that either suppress [Su(var)] or enhance [E(var)] this phenomenon. All eight Su(var) mutations examined strongly suppress the inactivation of variegating allel...

Topics

Animals
Chromatin
Chromosomes
Deoxyribonuclease I
Drosophila melanogaster
Enhancer Elements, Genetic
Gene Rearrangement
Larva
Mutation
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Phenotype
Salivary Glands
Suppression, Genetic

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