Histone acetylation and gene expression analysis of Sex lethal mutants in drosophila

Genetics

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 753-763

  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

HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H4; LYSINE;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SEX DETERMINATION;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; HISTONES; MALE; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0034084366     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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