The regulation of the Drosophila msl-2 gene reveals a function for sex- lethal in translational control

Cell

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 789-798

  Bashaw, Greg J ^a   Baker, Bruce S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSLATION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030678550     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80262-7     Document Type: Article

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