The MRG domain mediates the functional integration of MSL3 into the dosage compensation complex

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 5947-5954

  Morales, Violette ^a,b   Regnard, Catherine ^a   Izzo, Annalisa ^a   Vetter, Irene ^a   Becker, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institut d'Exploration Fonctionnelle des Génomes   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H4; INSECT PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN MALE SPECIFIC LETHAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; X CHROMOSOME;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 21744451796     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.14.5947-5954.2005     Document Type: Article

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