The Drosophila melanogaster sir2+ gene is nonessential and has only minor effects on position-effect variegation

Genetics

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 931-937

  Åström, Stefan U ^a   Cline, Thomas W ^b   Rine, Jasper ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HOMOZYGOSITY; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LETHAL MUTANT; LIFESPAN; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSITION EFFECT VARIEGATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEX RATIO; SIR2 GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENES, LETHAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOTYPE; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIRTUINS; ZYGOTE;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MELANOGASTER; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037355004     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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