A DM domain protein from a coral, Acropora millepora, homologous to proteins important for sex determination

Evolution and Development

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-258

  Miller, Steven W ^a,c,f   Hayward, David C ^c   Bunch, Thomas A ^a   Miller, David J ^d   Ball, Eldon E ^c   Bardwell, Vivian J ^e   Zarkower, David ^e   Brower, Danny L ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

CORAL; PROTEIN; SEX ALLOCATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENDER AND SEX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS);

ACROPORA; ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; MILLEPORA; NEMATODA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0037567272     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-142X.2003.03032.x     Document Type: Article

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