Ceratitis capitata transformer-2 gene is required to establish and maintain the autoregulation of Cctra, the master gene for female sex determination

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-120

  Salvemini, Marco ^a   Robertson, Mark ^b   Aronson, Bemjamin ^b   Atkinson, Peter ^b   Polito, Lino C ^a,c   Saccone, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Autoregulation; Ceratitis; Drosophila; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

DOUBLESEX PROTEIN; FRUITLESS PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; TRANSFORMER 2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INSECT GENETICS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SPLICING; SEX DETERMINATION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENDER AND SEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

CERATITIS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME, INSECT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 67449128634     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.082681ms     Document Type: Article

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