Doublesex gene expression in the central nervous system of Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Neurogenetics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 229-248

  Lee, Gyunghee ^a,b   Hall, Jeffrey C ^b   Park, Jae H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS; DSX proteins; Dsx transcripts; Dsx transgenics; Immunohistochemistry; Sex determination mutants

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ABDOMINAL GANGLION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COURTSHIP; DOUBLESEX GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LARVA; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THORAX; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0038207165     PISSN: 01677063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01677060216292     Document Type: Article

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