Sex and the single cell. II. there is a time and place for sex

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Robinett, Carmen C ^a,b   Vaughan, Alexander G ^a,b   Knapp, Jon Michael ^a,b   Baker, Bruce S ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; GALACTOSE 4; GENE PRODUCT; SEX LETHAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; DSX PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; FRU PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NERVE PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SXL PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SPLICING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOMATIC CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77952922728     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000365     Document Type: Article

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