Targeting determinants of dosage compensation in Drosophila

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 104-118

  Dahlsveen, Ina K ^a   Gilfillan, Gregor D ^a   Shelest, Vladimir I ^b   Lamm, Rosemarie ^a   Becker, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF LASER PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; UPREGULATION; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHROMOSOME; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENES, DCC; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEX FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 33645517197     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020005     Document Type: Article

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