The primary sex determination signal of Caenorhabditis elegans

Genetics

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 999-1015

  Carmi, Ilil ^a   Meyer, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SWITCHING; HERMAPHRODITISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, REGULATOR; GENOTYPE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032808590     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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