X chromosome inactivation during Drosophila spermatogenesis

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2288-2295

  Hense, Winfried ^a   Baines, John F ^a   Parsch, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE VECTOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCNUS GENE; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSGENE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; X CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; OCNUS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, INSECT; GENES, REPORTER; LAC OPERON; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 35648982966     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050273     Document Type: Article

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