Dosage compensation: Making 1X equal 2X

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 54-59

  Meller, Victoria H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DOWN REGULATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033953362     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-8924(99)01693-1     Document Type: Review

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