The sex-determining gene doublesex in the fly Megaselia scalaris: Conserved structure and sex-specific splicing

Genome

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1011-1020

  Kuhn, Sylvia ^a   Sievert, Volker ^a,b   Traut, Walther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA binding domain; Oligomerization; Sex determining cascade; Splice regulation

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA SPLICING; DOUBLESEX GENE; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INSECT PROTEIN; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIPTERA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE DOSAGE; INSECT PROTEINS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS);

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MEGASELIA SCALARIS; MELANOGASTER; PHORIDAE;

EID: 0034502991     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/gen-43-6-1011     Document Type: Article

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