Comparative genetics of sex determination: Masculinizing mutations in Caenorhabditis briggsae

Genetics

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1415-1429

  Kelleher, Danielle F ^a   De Carvalho, Carlos Egydio ^b,d   Doty, Alana V ^a   Layton, Marnie ^a   Cheng, Andy T ^a   Mathies, Laura D ^c   Pilgrim, Dave ^b   Haag, Eric S ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; FEM GENE; FEMINIZATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; GERM LINE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HERMAPHRODITISM; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; TRA 1 GENE; TRA 2 GENE; TRA 3 GENE; VIRILIZATION; ZYGOTE; ALLELE; ANIMAL; CELL LINEAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

HELMINTH PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; GONADS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MALE; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZYGOTE;

EID: 45149129522     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.073668     Document Type: Article

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