Isolation and characterization of the Bactrocera oleae genes orthologous to the sex determining Sex-lethal and doublesex genes of Drosophila melanogaster

Gene

Volumn 348, Issue 1-2 SUPPL., 2005, Pages 111-121

  Lagos, Dimitrios ^a   Ruiz, M Fernanda ^b   Sánchez, Lucas ^b   Komitopoulou, Katia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Dpto Biol Cel Y Desarrollo C   (Spain)

Author keywords

RNA binding protein; Sex determination; Sex specific splicing; Tephritidae; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; INSECT GENETICS; INTRON; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; SCREENING; SEX DETERMINATION;

BACTROCERA OLEAE; BACTROCERA TRYONI; CAPITATA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 15744371859     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2004.12.053     Document Type: Article

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