Regulation of the gene Sex-lethal: A comparative analysis of Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila subobscura

Genetics

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1653-1664

  Penalva, Luiz O F ^a   Sakamoto, Hiroshi ^b   Navarro Sabaté, Aurea ^c   Sakashita, Eiji ^b   Granadino, Begoña ^a   Segarra, Carmen ^c   Sánchez, Lucas ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYURIDYLIC ACID; SEX LETHAL GENE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRON; LETHAL GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOP CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; INSECT HORMONES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS);

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SUBOBSCURA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030467766     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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