Drosophila male-specific lethal-2 protein: Structure/function analysis and dependence on MSL-1 for chromosome association

Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1743-1753

  Lyman, Laura M ^a   Copps, Kyle ^a   Rastelli, Luca ^a   Kelley, Richard L ^a   Kuroda, Mitzi I ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; X CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CYSTEINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030782516     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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