The NTPase/helicase activities of Drosophila maleless, an essential factor in dosage compensation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2671-2681

  Lee, Chee Gun ^a   Chang, Kimberly A ^b   Kuroda, Mitzi I ^b   Hurwitz, Jerard ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosage compensation; Helicase; MLE; NTPase; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HELICASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ACID ANHYDRIDE HYDROLASES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BACULOVIRIDAE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEOSIDE-TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA HELICASES; RNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; SPODOPTERA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0030949009     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.10.2671     Document Type: Article

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