Structure and function of eukaryotic chromosomes

Book · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5302592

Hennig, W

Contents: Introduction; Polytene Chromosomel Giant Chromosomes in Ciliates; The sp-I Genes in the Balbiani Rings of Chironomus Salivary Glands; The White Locus of Drosophila Melanogaster; The Genetic and Molecular Organization of the Dense Cluster of Functionally Related Vital Genes in the DOPA Decarboxylase Region of the Drosophila melanogaster Genome; Heat Shock Puffs and Response to Environmental Stress; The Y Chromosomal Lampbrush Loops of Drosophila; Contributions of Electron Microscopic Spreading Preparations (''Miller Spreads'') to the Analysis of Chromosome Structure; Replication of DNA in Eukaryotic Chromosomes; Gene Amplification in Dipteran Chromosomes; The Significance of Plant Transposable Elements in Biologically Relevant Processes; Arrangement of Chromosomes in Interphase Cell Nuclei; Heterochromatin and the Phenomenon of Chromosome Banding; Multiple Nonhistone Protein-DNA Complexes in Chromatin Regulate the Cell- and Stage-Specific Activity of an Eukaryotic Gene; Genetics of Sex Determination in Eukaryotes; Application of Basic Chromosome Research in Biotechnology and Medicine. This book presents an overview of various aspects of chromosome research.

• OSTI ID: 5302592
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
BIOTECHNOLOGY
CHROMOSOMES
STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS
DECARBOXYLASES
GENES
DROSOPHILA
GENETIC MAPPING
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
DOPA
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
GENE AMPLIFICATION
MEDICINE
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SALIVARY GLANDS
THERMAL SHOCK
TRANSPOSONS
Y CHROMOSOME
AMINO ACIDS
ANIMALS
ARTHROPODS
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS
BODY
CARBON-CARBON LYASES
CARBOXY-LYASES
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
DIPTERA
DRUGS
ENZYMES
FLIES
FRUIT FLIES
GLANDS
HETEROCHROMOSOMES
HYDROXY ACIDS
INSECTS
INVERTEBRATES
LYASES
MAPPING
NEUROREGULATORS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
550400* - Genetics