A new family of adenylyl cyclase genes in the male germline of Drosophila melanogaster

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 200-206

  Cann, Martin J ^a   Chung, Eugene ^a   Levin, Lonny R ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenylyl cyclase; Doublesex; Drosophila melanogaster; Meiosis; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 3; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM LINE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034021646     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050304     Document Type: Article

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