Mab-3 is a direct tra-1 target gene regulating diverse aspects of C. elegans male sexual development and behavior

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 4469-4480

  Yi, W ^a   Ross, J M ^a   Zarkower, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; DM domain; Dsx; Mab 3; Sex determination; Tra 1

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VITELLOGENIN; YOLK PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GROWTH REGULATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; INTESTINE; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; SENSORY NERVE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; HYPODERRIS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033747384     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.127.20.4469     Document Type: Article

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