The sex-peptide gene (Acp70A) is duplicated in Drosophila subobscura

Gene

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 247-254

  Cirera, Susanna ^a   Aguadé, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accessory gland proteins; Drosophila; Gene duplication

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; SEX PEPTIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; INSECT HORMONES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SUBOBSCURA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032515947     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00069-9     Document Type: Article

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