Dosage compensation goes global

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-120

  Zhang, Yu ^a   Oliver, Brian ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; SERINE;

ACETYLATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MONOSOMY X; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRISOMY 21; X CHROMOSOME;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HISTONES; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 34047248704     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2007.02.002     Document Type: Review

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