Masculinization of XX Drosophila transgenic flies expressing the Ceratitis capitata doublesexM isoform

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1051-1057

  Saccone, Giuseppe ^a   Salvemini, Marco ^a   Pane, Attilio ^a   Polito, Lino C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ceratitis; DSXM isoform; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ISOPROTEIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; DSX PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; INSECT PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GERM LINE; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSGENICS; 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

CERATITIS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CERATITIS CAPITATA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 61449517834     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.082657gs     Document Type: Article

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