Gene regulation by chromatin structure: Paradigms established in Drosophila melanogaster

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2007, Pages 171-192

  Schulze, Sandra R ^a   Wallrath, Lori L ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosage compensation; Gene silencing; Histone modification; RNAi; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BRM PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1, DROSOPHILA; ISWI PROTEIN; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33846394799     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.51.110104.151007     Document Type: Review

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