Dosage compensation: An intertwined world of RNA and chromatin remodelling

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-169

  Akhtar, Asifa ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0037380140     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(03)00016-9     Document Type: Review

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