roX1 RNA paints the X chromosome of male Drosophila and is regulated by the dosage compensation system

Cell

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 445-457

  Meller, Victoria H ^a   Wu, Kwok Hang ^a   Roman, Gregg ^a   Kuroda, Mitzi I ^a   Davis, Ronald L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EID: 0342378132     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81885-1     Document Type: Article

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