Identification of sex-specific transcripts of the Anopheles gambiae doublesex gene

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 3701-3709

  Scali, Christina ^a   Catteruccia, Flaminia ^a   Li, Qiuxiang ^a   Crisanti, Andrea ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Doublesex; Sex determination; Sex specific transcript

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLESEX PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENE LIBRARY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE LIBRARY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 27644505261     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01819     Document Type: Article

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