Non-coding roX RNAs Prevent the Binding of the MSL-complex to Heterochromatic Regions

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Figueiredo, Margarida L A ^a   Kim, Maria ^a   Philip, Philge ^a   Allgardsson, Anders ^a,b   Stenberg, Per ^a,b   Larsson, Jan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MALE SPECIFIC LETHAL COMPLEX PROTEIN; ROX1 PROTEIN; ROX2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; MSL-1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; MSL-2 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TARGETING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYTENE CHROMOSOMES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84919667251     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004865     Document Type: Article

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