JIL-1 kinase, a member of the male-specific lethal (MSL) complex, is necessary for proper dosage compensation of eye pigmentation in Drosophila

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 213-215

  Lerach, Stephanie ^a   Zhang, Weiguo ^a   Deng, Huai ^a   Bao, Xiaomin ^a   Girton, Jack ^a   Johansen, Jørgen ^a   Johansen, Kristen M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosage compensation; Drosophila; Eye pigmentation; JIL 1 kinase; MSL complex

Indexed keywords

JIL 1 KINASE; MALE SPECIFIC LETHAL COMPLEX; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; MALE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PIGMENTATION; POGO GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 30944435907     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.20172     Document Type: Article

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