The Mcp element mediates stable long-range chromosome-chromosome interactions in Drosophila.

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Published in Mol Biol Cell on February 22, 2006

Authors

Julio Vazquez1, Martin Müller, Vincenzo Pirrotta, John W Sedat

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Shared Resources, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. jvazquez@fhcrc.org

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