A recA-like gene in Drosophila melanogaster that is expressed at high levels in female but not male meiotic tissues

Chromosoma

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 479-488

  McKee, Bruce D ^a   Ren, Xiao Jia ^a   Hong, Chia Sin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE NUMBER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OVARY; RECA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; REC A RECOMBINASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YEASTS;

EID: 0029926847     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050140     Document Type: Article

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