Organization and regulation of sex-specific thioredoxin encoding genes in the genus Drosophila

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 217, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 639-650

  Svensson, Malin J ^a   Stenberg, Per ^a   Larsson, Jan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Drosophilidae; Sex specific gene regulation; Thioredoxin

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; DEADHEAD PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; THIOREDOXIN; THIOREDOXIN 2; THIOREDOXIN T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMIC RANK; TRIBOLIUM; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; GENOME, INSECT; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THIOREDOXINS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 34548474303     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-007-0175-y     Document Type: Article

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