RNA-dependent association of the Drosophila maleless protein with the male X chromosome

Genes to Cells

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 325-336

  Richter, Liz ^a   Bone, James R ^a   Kuroda, Mitzi I ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HELICASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MALELESS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; MESSENGER RNA; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; PANCREATIC RIBONUCLEASE; RNA DEPENDENT ATPASE; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA-DEPENDENT ATPASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAT; MALE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; X CHROMOSOME;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEAT; MALE; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; RNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030089613     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: 13652443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.1996.26027.x     Document Type: Article

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