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chromocenter

A region in which centric, heterochromatic portions of one or more chromosomes form a compact structure. [PMID:12384572, PMID:15053486, PMID:16831888… 
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polytene chromosome chromocenter

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2015
2015
Chromosomal characteristics and distribution of constitutive heterochromatin in the Matogrossensis and Rubrovaria subcomplexes.
Review
2013
Review
2013
The role of the double bromodomain-containing BET genes during mammalian spermatogenesis.
2009
2009
Female meiosis and embryonic mitosis in Drosophila melanogaster. I. Meiosis and fertilization
An attempt was made to illustrate by light-microscope photomicrographs and drawings the females meiosis and fertilization of… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Nuclear structure and gene activity in human differentiated cells.
2002
2002
Isolation of the Chromocenter Fraction from Mouse Liver Nuclei
A new method for isolation of the constitutive heterochromatin (chromocenters) from interphase nuclei of mouse liver has been… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Characterization of sequences associated with position-effect variegation at pericentric sites in Drosophila heterochromatin
Abstract. In a variety of organisms, euchromatic genes brought into juxtaposition with pericentric heterochromatin show position… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
The Drosophila salivary gland chromocenter contains highly polytenized subdomains of mitotic heterochromatin.
Peri-centromeric regions of Drosophila melanogaster chromosomes appear heterochromatic in mitotic cells and become greatly… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
A family of oligo-adenylate-terminated transposable sequences in Drosophila melanogaster.
1976
1976
Ultrastructural study of nucleolar organizers in the quail oocyte during meiotic prophase I.
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1971
Highly Cited
1971
Isolation and chromosomal localization of highly repeated DNA sequences in Drosophila melanogaster.
The nuclear DNA of D. melanogaster contains DNA sequences that are repeated between ten and a hundred times more often than the… 
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