Somatic control of germline sexual development is mediated by the JAK/STAT pathway

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7050, 2005, Pages 563-567

  Wawersik, Matthew ^a   Milutinovich, Allison ^a   Casper, Abbie L ^a   Matunis, Erika ^b   Williams, Brian ^a   Van Doren, Mark ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME KINETICS; SIGNAL DETECTION; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS;

GONAD FORMATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOMATIC CONTROL; SOMATIC TISSUES;

CELLS;

JANUS KINASE; STAT PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; JAK1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; JANUS KINASE 1; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; STAT92E PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERM LINE; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; JANUS KINASE 1; LARVA; MALE; MUTATION; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 23144443444     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03849     Document Type: Article

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