Phenotypic plasticity in Drosophila pigmentation caused by temperature sensitivity of a chromatin regulator network

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 0266-0280

  Gibert, Jean Michel ^a   Peronnet, Frédérique ^b   Schlötterer, Christian ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIC A BRAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 83; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ABD B PROTEINS, DROSOPHILA; ABD-B PROTEINS, DROSOPHILA; BRIC A BRAC PROTEIN 1, DROSOPHILA; BRIC-A-BRAC PROTEIN 1, DROSOPHILA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MELANIN;

ABDOMINAL B GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETICS; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOMEOBOX; MALE; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ABDOMEN; ALLELE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ABDOMEN; ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HSP90 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MALE; MELANINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33847307604     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030030     Document Type: Article

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