X-chromosome targeting and dosage compensation are mediated by distinct domains in MSL-3

EMBO Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 531-538

  Buscaino, Alessia ^a   Legube, Gaëlle ^a   Akhtar, Asifa ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromo barrel domain; Dosage compensation; MRG; MSL 3; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; MALE SPECIFIC LETHAL PROTEIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; UPREGULATION; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 33745211026     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400658     Document Type: Article

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