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Rhynchosciara angelae Salivary Gland DNA: Kinetic Complexity and Transcription of Repetitive Sequences

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Gene Expression and its Regulation

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Abstract

Flies of the genus Rhynchosciara, in common with other Diptera, have polytene chromosomes of large size and clearly defined morphology in cells of many tissues. Because the larvae originating from a clutch of eggs develop synchronously, it is possible to obtain material in large enough quantities for biochemical experimentation, even from specialized tissues such as the salivary glands. This makes it possible to correlate biochemical and morphological events taking place in defined tissues. In this organism, we also have the “DNA puffs,” which develop in the salivary gland chromosomes. It is this aspect of Rhynchosciara that makes it an especially interesting system for the study of gene action in higher organisms.

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  1. Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 20780, São Paulo, Brazil

    J. Bálsamo, J. M. Hierro & Dr. F. J. S. Lara

  2. Institut für Molekularbiologie, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    M. L. Birnstiel

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    Francis T. Kenney  & Barbara A. Hamkalo  & 

  2. Departamento de Bioquimica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

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  3. Department of Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, USA

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Bálsamo, J., Hierro, J.M., Birnstiel, M.L., Lara, F.J.S. (1973). Rhynchosciara angelae Salivary Gland DNA: Kinetic Complexity and Transcription of Repetitive Sequences. In: Kenney, F.T., Hamkalo, B.A., Favelukes, G., August, J.T. (eds) Gene Expression and its Regulation. Basic Life Sciences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0877-5_9

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