Dosage dependent gene regulation and the compensation of the X chromosome in Drosophila males

Genetica

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 179-190

  Birchler, James A ^a   Pal Bhadra, Manika ^a,b   Bhadra, Utpal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Dosage compensation; Dosage effect; Drosophila; MSL complex; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MOF PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW; X CHROMOSOME;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HISTONES; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0038548208     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022935927763     Document Type: Review

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