The gene transformer of Anastrepha fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) and its evolution in insects

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Ruiz, María Fernanda ^a   Milano, Andreina ^b   Salvemini, Marco ^b   Eirín López, José María ^d   Perondini, André L P ^e   Selivon, Denise ^e   Polito, Catello ^b,c   Saccone, Giuseppe ^b   Sánchez, Lucas ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; RNA; TRANSFORMER PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; EXON; FEMALE; FLY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENUS; INSECT GENETICS; INTRON; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; SEX DETERMINATION; SILENCER GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEPHRITIDAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; GENDER AND SEX; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANASTREPHA; BACTROCERA OLEAE; CERATITIS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 43349089103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001239     Document Type: Article

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