Local spreading of MSL complexes from roX genes on the Drosophila X chromosome

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1334-1339

  Oh, Hyangyee ^a   Park, Yongkyu ^a   Kuroda, Mitzi I ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila dosage compensation; MSL proteins; Noncoding roX RNAs

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HISTONE; PROTEIN MSL; PROTEIN ROX; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; X CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0038285493     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1082003     Document Type: Article

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