Ordered assembly of roX RNAs into MSL complexes on the dosage-compensated X chromosome in Drosophila

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 136-143

  Meller, V H ^a   Gordadze, P R ^b   Park, Y ^a   Chu, X ^b   Stuckenholz, C ^a   Kelley, R L ^a   Kuroda, M I ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0034628634     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00311-0     Document Type: Article

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