Analysis of the biological functions of a doublesex homologue in Bombyx mori

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 213, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 345-354

  Suzuki, Masataka G ^a   Funaguma, Shunsuke ^b   Kanda, Toshio ^c   Tamura, Toshiki ^c   Shimada, Toru ^b  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; doublesex; Germline transformation; Sex determination; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; GUANOSINE; INSECT PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; POLYPEPTIDE; PREGNANCY SPECIFIC BETA1 GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN DSX; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA; THYMIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; INSECT GENETICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATOR GENE; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SILKWORM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BOMBYX; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSGENES; VITELLOGENINS;

ARACHNIDA; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0043135123     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-003-0334-8     Document Type: Article

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