草虫剂量补偿包括加强对雄性X结合促进体的Pol II招募

Thomas Conrad1, Florence M G Cavalli, Juan M Vaquerizas

  • 1Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, 79108 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 24, 2012
PubMed
概括

德洛索菲拉的男性特异性致死性 (MSL) 复合物增强了男性X染色体的转录. 这种复合物增加了基因促进体的RNA聚合酶II (Pol II) 活性,确保了平衡的基因表达.

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