Drosophila polypyrimidine-tract binding protein (PTB) functions specifically in the male germline

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2924-2933

  Robida, Mark D ^a   Singh, Ravinder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hephaestus; Male germline; PTB; Sex determination; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT BINDING PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; FLY; GENE INSERTION; GERM LINE; LARVAL STAGE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MALE; MICE; POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT-BINDING PROTEIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPERMATIDS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; EUKARYOTA; HEPHAESTUS; HEXAPODA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0038376134     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg301     Document Type: Article

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