Complex formation by the drosophila MSL proteins: Role of the MSL2 RING finger in protein complex assembly

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 5409-5417

  Copps, Kyle ^a   Richman, Ron ^a   Lyman, Laura M ^a   Chang, Kimberly A ^a   Rampersad Ammons, Joanne ^a   Kuroda, Mitzi I ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosage compensation; Male specific lethal; MSL complex; Reverse two hybrid; RING finger

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMPLEX FORMATION; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; X CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA HELICASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

DROSOPHILA VIRILIS;

EID: 0032530393     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.18.5409     Document Type: Article

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