Neurogenetics: Singing in the Brain

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Kyriacou, Charalambos P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLESEX PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; FRU PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NERVE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETICS; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SHORT SURVEY; THORAX;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; THORAX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34848903654     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.07.044     Document Type: Short Survey

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