An analysis of maleless and histone H4 acetylation in Drosophila melanogaster spermatogenesis

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 107-117

  Rastelli, Luca ^a   Kuroda, Mitzi I ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosage compensation; Histone acetylation; Spermatogenesis; X inactivation

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H4;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032008027     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00009-4     Document Type: Article

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