The gene doublesex of the fruit fly Anastrepha obliqua (Diptera, Tephritidae)

Genetics

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 849-854

  Fernanda Ruiz, M ^a   Stefani, Rominy N ^b   Mascarenhas, Rodrigo O ^b   Perondini, André L P ^b   Selivon, Denise ^b   Sánchez, Lucas ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEIN DOUBLESEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANASTREPHA OBLIQUA; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; FLY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INSECT GENETICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEX DETERMINATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEPHRITIDAE;

ANASTREPHA OBLIQUA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 31544445493     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.044925     Document Type: Article

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