Evidence that MSL-mediated dosage compensation in Drosophila begins at blastoderm

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2751-2760

  Franke, Axel ^a   Dernburg, Abby ^b   Bashaw, Greg J ^a   Baker, Bruce S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosage compensation; Drosophila; Male specific lethal; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LETHAL GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ANIMALS; BLASTODERM; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA HELICASES; DNA PROBES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; HISTONES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MALE; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029833979     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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