fruitless gene products truncated of their male-like qualities promote neural and behavioral maleness in Drosophila if these proteins are produced in the right places at the right times

Journal of Neurogenetics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-55

  Ferri, Sarah L ^a   Bohm, Rudolf A ^a   Lincicome, Hayden E ^a   Hall, Jeffrey C ^a   Villella, Adriana ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fru gene; FRUM neurons; gal4 insert; Muscle of Lawrence; Sex specific behavior

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN FRU; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BRAIN; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENES, INSECT; GENOTYPE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WING;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 41149178662     PISSN: 01677063     EISSN: 15635260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01677060701671947     Document Type: Article

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