Role of the male specific lethal (msl) genes in modifying the effects of sex chromosomal dosage in Drosophila

Genetics

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 249-268

  Bhadra, Utpal ^a   Pal Bhadra, Manika ^a   Birchler, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HISTONE H4; LYSINE;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; DROSOPHILA; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE; SEX CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HISTONES; LYSINE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA HELICASES; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0032924462     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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