A new strategy for isolating genes controlling dosage compensation in Drosophila using a simple epigenetic mosaic eye phenotype

BMC Biology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Prabhakaran, Mahalakshmi ^a   Kelley, Richard L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MOF PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; MSL 1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; MSL-1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; ROX1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PRIMERS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PIGMENTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 77953267390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-80     Document Type: Article

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