A trans-acting modifier causing extensive overexpression of genes in Drosophila melanogaster

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 254, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 621-634

  Bhadra, U ^a   Pal Bhadra, M ^a   Birchler, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila white eye color gene; Exponential modulation; Overexpression; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GENES, LETHAL; GENES, RECESSIVE; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MALE; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RETROELEMENTS; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030912564     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050460     Document Type: Article

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