The Activation Potential of MOF Is Constrained for Dosage Compensation

Molecular Cell

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 815-826

  Prestel, Matthias ^a   Feller, Christian ^a   Straub, Tobias ^a   Mitlöhner, Heike ^a   Becker, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

DEVBIO; DNA; PROTEINS

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MOF PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 77955480155     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.05.022     Document Type: Article

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