Copulation in C. elegans males requires a nuclear hormone receptor

Developmental Biology

Volumn 322, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-20

  Shan, Ge ^a   Walthall, W W ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; C. elegans; Male mating; Nuclear hormone receptor; Sexual dimorphism; Spicule protractor and retractor muscles

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MALE ABNORMAL 5 GENE; MALE ABNORMAL 9 GENE; MATING; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UNCOORDINATED 55 GENE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 52049126166     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.06.034     Document Type: Article

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