Extragenic suppressors of a dominant masculinizing her-1 mutation in C. elegans identify two new genes that affect sex determination in different ways

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 184-195

  Manser, James ^a   Wood, William B ^a   Perry, Marc D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Dosage compensation; Sex determination; Sup 26; Sup 27

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SUP 26; GENE SUP 27; GENOTYPE; HERMAPHRODITISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE; ANIMAL; GENDER AND SEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SUPPRESSOR GENE; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELMINTH PROTEIN; HER 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HER-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SDC 3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; SDC-3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TRA 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TRA 2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TRA-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TRA-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0036847757     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.10118     Document Type: Article

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