Journal article
The endocycle controls nurse cell polytene chromosome structure during Drosophila oogenesis
Abstract
Polytene chromosomes exhibit intricate higher order chromatin structure that is easily visualized due to their precisely aligned component strands. However, it remains unclear if the same factors determine chromatin organization in polyploid and diploid cells. We have analyzed one such factor, the cell cycle, by studying changes in Drosophila nurse cell chromosomes throughout the 10 to 12 endocycles of oogenesis. We find that nurse cells …
Authors
Dej KJ; Spradling AC
Journal
Development, Vol. 126, No. 2, pp. 293–303
Publisher
The Company of Biologists
Publication Date
January 15, 1999
DOI
10.1242/dev.126.2.293
ISSN
0950-1991