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. 1976 Jun;73(6):2038–2042. doi: 10.1073/pnas.73.6.2038

Locations of chromosomal proteins in polytene chromosomes.

C R Alfageme, G T Rudkin, L H Cohen
PMCID: PMC430443  PMID: 819929

Abstract

D1, a nonhistone chromosomal protein rich in both basic and acidic amino acids, has been localized at a limited number of specific loci in polytene chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster. H2B, a nucleosomal histone, and H1, a nonnucleosomal histone, are both found throughout most chromosomal regions.

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