Targeting of MOF, a putative histone acetyl Transferase, to the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-64

  Gu, Weigang ^a   Szauter, Paul ^a   Lucchesi, John C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosage compensation complex; Histone acetyl transferase

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; GENE PRODUCT; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, INSECT; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031917787     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1998)22:1<56::AID-DVG6>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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