Insect sex determination: It all evolves around transformer

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 376-383

  Verhulst, Eveline C ^a   van de Zande, Louis ^a   Beukeboom, Leo W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DOUBLESEX PROTEIN; PROTEIN TRA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSFORMER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; DIPLOIDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INSECT GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PLOIDIES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

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EID: 77954957941     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2010.05.001     Document Type: Review

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