stand still, a Drosophila gene involved in the female germline for proper survival, sex determination and differentiation

Genetics

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 975-987

  Pennetta, Giuseppa ^a   Pauli, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL VIABILITY; DISSECTION; DROSOPHILA; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OOCYTES; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030965554     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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