Similarity of DNA binding and transcriptional regulation by Caenorhabditis elegans MAB-3 and Drosophila melanogaster DSX suggests conservation of sex determining mechanisms

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 873-881

  Yi, Woelsung ^a   Zarkower, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Drosophila melanogaster; DSX; MAB 3; Sex determination; Transcription; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

VITELLOGENIN; YOLK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELMINTH PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VITELLOGENINS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033038807     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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