The transformer gene in Bactrocera oleae: The genetic switch that determines its sex fate

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-230

  Lagos, D ^a   Koukidou, M ^b,c   Savakis, C ^b,c   Komitopoulou, Katia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bactrocera oleae; Sex determination; Sex specific splicing; Transformer

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; INSECT PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSFORMER PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; GENOME; HOMEOSTASIS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TEPHRITIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENOME, INSECT; HOMEOSTASIS; INSECT PROTEINS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TEPHRITIDAE;

BACTROCERA OLEAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33847704190     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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