Development of an insulated reporter system to search for cis-acting DNA sequences required for dosage compensation in Drosophila

Genetica

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-226

  Fitzsimons, Helen L ^a   Henry, Rebecca A ^a   Scott, Maxwell J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dosage compensation; Histone acetylation; Transcription

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOME; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN; DNA FRAGMENT; GENE DOSAGE; GENE INSERTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INSULATED REPORTER SYSTEM; LETHAL MUTANT; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; LINKAGE (GENETICS); RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033503432     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003801402153     Document Type: Article

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