The transformer gene in Ceratitis capitata provides a genetic basis for selecting and remembering the sexual fate

Development

Volumn 129, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 3715-3725

  Pane, Attilio ^a   Salvemini, Marco ^a   Delli Bovi, Pasquale ^a   Polito, Catello ^a   Saccone, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; Ceratitis capitata; Sex determination; Transformer

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN TRA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; GERM LINE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; XX MALE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SYNTENY;

ARACHNIDA; CAPITATA; CERATITIS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0036677818     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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