Transvection

Takashi Fukaya; Michael Levine

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.08.001

Transvection

Curr Biol. 2017 Oct 9;27(19):R1047-R1049. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.08.001.

Authors

Takashi Fukaya¹, Michael Levine²

Affiliations

¹ Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

Fukaya and Levine explain the basic features of the genetic phenomenon of transvection, a special class of genetic complementation of mutant alleles on homologous chromosomes.

MeSH terms

Alleles
Animals
Drosophila Proteins / genetics*
Drosophila Proteins / metabolism
Drosophila melanogaster / genetics*
Drosophila melanogaster / metabolism
Gene Expression*

Substances

Drosophila Proteins

Abstract

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Substances

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