Dosage compensation: roX marks the spot

Authors
Lucchesi, JC
Citation
Jc. Lucchesi, Dosage compensation: roX marks the spot, CURR BIOL, 9(21), 1999, pp. R807-R808
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Experimental Biology
Journal title
CURRENT BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
09609822 → ACNP
Volume
9
Issue
21
Year of publication
1999
Pages
R807 - R808
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(19991104)9:21<R807:DCRMTS>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The roX genes of Drosophila produce a transcript that is spliced and polyad enylated but not translated. Recent work has shown that these genes provide an element that the dosage compensation complex of Drosophila uses to init iate its association with the X chromosome. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.