Initiation of dosage compensation in Drosophila embryos depends on expression of the roX RNAs

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 759-767

  Meller, Victoria H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosage compensation; Drosophila; Helicase; mle; mof; msl1; msl2; msl3; Non coding RNA; roX1; roX2; Sex chromosomes; Sex specific; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STABILITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; X CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0042206745     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(03)00157-6     Document Type: Article

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