Protein phosphorylation plays an essential role in the regulation of alternative splicing and sex determination in Drosophila

Molecular Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 741-750

  Du, Cheng ^a   McGuffin, E Elaine ^b   Dauwalder, Brigitte ^b   Rabinow, Leonard ^a   Mattox, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DARKENER OF APRICOT PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLESEX PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RBP1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA PRECURSOR; SERINE ARGININE RICH SPLICING PROTEINS; SERINE-ARGININE-RICH SPLICING PROTEINS; SFRS1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SFRS3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRA2 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0032238550     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80289-0     Document Type: Article

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