A sex-influenced modifier in Drosophila that affects a broad spectrum of target loci including the histone repeats

Genetics

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 903-917

  Bhadra, Utpal ^a   Pal Bhadra, Manika ^a   Birchler, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; TRANS ACTING FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EYE COLOR; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; HOMEOBOX; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHENOTYPE; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONES; MALE; PHENOTYPE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; ZOSTEROPIDAE;

EID: 0030748746     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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