An N-terminal truncation uncouples the sex-transforming and dosage compensation functions of Sex-lethal

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 3018-3028

  Yanowitz, Judith L ^a   Deshpande, Girish ^a   Calhoun, Gretchen ^a   Schedl, Paul D ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; LETHAL GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032962642     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.4.3018     Document Type: Article

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