Expression of a doublesex homologue is altered in sexual mosaics of Ostrinia scapulalis moths infected with Wolbachia

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 847-854

  Sugimoto, Takafumi N ^a   Fujii, Takeshi ^a   Kayukawa, Takumi ^a   Sakamoto, Hironori ^a   Ishikawa, Yukio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doublesex; Male killing; Osdsx; Sex determination; Sexual mosaic; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSAICISM; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOSAICISM; MOTHS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SYMBIOSIS; TETRACYCLINE; WOLBACHIA;

LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA SCAPULALIS; VIGNA ANGULARIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 78649635248     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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