The worm solution: A chromosome-full of condensin helps gene expression go down

Chromosome Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 621-635

  Csankovszki, Györgyi ^a   Petty, Emily L ^a   Collette, Karishma S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Condensin; Dosage compensation complex; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

CONDENSIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AUTOSOME; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MITOSIS RATE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UPREGULATION; WORM; X CHROMOSOME;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; X CHROMOSOME;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 70349669307     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-009-9061-y     Document Type: Review

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