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Position Effect Variegation

Cell to cell variation in gene expression caused by chromosomal position effects.
National Institutes of Health

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2004
2004
A new genetic model system for studying position effect variegation in Drosophila melanogaster was found. It allows the analysis… 
2002
2002
The chromodomain (CD) is a highly conserved motif present in a variety of animal and plant proteins, and its probable role is to… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Schizosaccharomyces pombe switches its mating type by transposing a copy of unexpressed genes from the respective mat2 or mat3… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Classically, position effect variegation has been studied in Drosophila and results when a euchromatic gene is placed adjacent to… 
1994
1994
A locus is described in Drosophila melanogaster that modifies the expression of the white eye color gene. This trans-acting… 
1991
1991
Variations in compaction of chromosomal material of the rearrangements Dp(1;f) 1337, Dp(1;f) R, Dp(1;1)pn2b, and T(1;4)wm258-21… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Most variegating position effects are a consequence of placing a euchromatic gene adjacent to alpha-heterochromatin. In such… 
Review
1978
Review
1978
Mitotic recombination and position effect variegation have widely different underlying mechanisms.