Functional conservation of the Sex-lethal sex determining promoter, Sxl-Pe, in Drosophila virilis

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 155-165

  Jinks, Timothy Morgan ^a,b   Calhoun, Gretchen ^a   Schedl, Paul ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution conservation; Sex determination; Transcription regulation; Transgene reporters

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SXL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; EMBRYO; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE; X CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0037499827     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-003-0304-1     Document Type: Article

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