The drosophila dosage compensation complex binds to polytene chromosomes independently of developmental changes in transcription

Genetics

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 963-974

  Kotlikova, I V ^a   Demakova, O V ^a   Semeshin, V F ^a   Shloma, V V ^a   Boldyreva, L V ^a   Kuroda, M I ^b   Zhimulev, I F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA HELICASE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAT SHOCK; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA PROCESSING; SALIVARY GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CHROMOSOMES; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARVA; MALE; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 33644781703     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.045286     Document Type: Article

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