Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or having large chromosomes formed by repeated DNA replication and consisting of many chromatids side by side.
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- adjective molecular biology Having very large
chromosomes with many strands - noun molecular biology A very large chromosome with many strands; a chromosome exhibiting
polyteny
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Using antibodies, Capelson and her collaborators were able to detect the binding of Nup98, SEC13, and FG-containing nucleoporins to specific genes on the polytene chromosomes.
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Using antibodies, Capelson and her collaborators were able to detect the binding of Nup98, SEC13, and FG-containing nucleoporins to specific genes on the polytene chromosomes.
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Immunolocalization studies on Drosophila polytene chromosomes suggest that Spt5 is associated with many loci throughout the genome.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Keerthi Krishnan et al. 2008
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At the molecular level, Spt5 localization on polytene chromosomes and chromatin immunoprecipitation studies reveal broad distribution of Spt5 at sites of active transcription as well as at the un-induced heat shock gene promoters
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Keerthi Krishnan et al. 2008
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