A homologue of the Drosophila doublesex gene is transcribed into sex-specific mRNA isoforms in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 145-158

  Ohbayashi, Fumi ^a   Suzuki, Masataka G ^a   Mita, Kazuei ^b   Okano, Kazuhiro ^c   Shimada, Toru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Bombyx mori; DM domain; Doublesex; Drosophila melanogaster; OD1 domain; OD2 domain; Sex determination; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SILKWORM;

BOMBYX MORI; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0035131507     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(00)00304-3     Document Type: Article

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