quick-to-court, a Drosophila mutant with elevated levels of sexual behavior, is defective in a predicted coiled-coil protein

Genetics

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1627-1637

  Gaines, Peter ^a,c   Tompkins, Laurie ^b   Woodard, Craig T ^a,d   Carlson, John R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Temple University   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034040615     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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