Article
roX1 RNA paints the X chromosome of male Drosophila and is regulated by the dosage compensation system.
Cell - 21 Feb 1997
Meller V H, Wu K H, Roman G, Kuroda M I, Davis R L
Abstract excerpt
The Drosophila roX1 gene is X-linked and produces RNAs that are male-specific, somatic, and preferentially expressed in the central nervous system. These RNAs are retained in the nucleus and lack any significant open reading frame. Although all sexually dimorphic characteristics in Drosophila wer...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Blastoderm
- Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone
- DNA Helicases
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Gene Dosage
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Genetic Linkage
- In Situ Hybridization
- Insect Hormones
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Nuclear Proteins