The establishment of sexual identity in the Drosophila germline

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3821-3830

  Casper, Abbie L ^a   Van Doren, Mark ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Germ cells; JAK STAT; Ovarian tumor; Sex determination; Transformer

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; JANUS KINASE; PROTEIN OTU; PROTEIN OVO; STAT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENDER IDENTITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC SCREENING; GERM LINE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; GONADS; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 70450206960     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.042374     Document Type: Article

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