Change in nuclear potassium electrochemical activity and puffing of potassium-sensitive salivary chromosome regions during Chironomus development.
Change in nuclear potassium electrochemical activity and puffing of potassium-sensitive salivary chromosome regions during Chironomus development.
P. Wuhrmann,H. Ineichen,U. Riesen-Willi,M. Lezzi
1979 · DOI: 10.1073/PNAS.76.2.806
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 63 Citations
TLDR
In vitro culture of glands from oligopausing larvae resulted in similar changes with respect to nuclear K+ activity and puffing, and the extent of decondensation (puffing) of K+-sensitive regions in the polytene chromosomes underwent a parallel increase during this developmental event.