Evolution of dosage compensation

Chromosome Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 185-190

  Steinemann, Manfred ^a   Steinemann, Sigrid ^a   Turner, Bryan M ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dosage compensation; Drosophila; Histone acetylation; Sex chromosome evolution; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H4; LYSINE;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HISTONES; LARVA; MALE; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029922807     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02254957     Document Type: Article

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