Turning males on: Activation of male courtship behavior in Drosophila melanogaster

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Pan, Yufeng ^a   Robinett, Carmen C ^a   Baker, Bruce S ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL A1; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; DSX PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; FRU PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NERVE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DOUBLESEX GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EJACULATION; FRUITLESS GENE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATOR GENE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VISION; ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HEAD; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COURTSHIP; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEAD; KINETICS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WING;

EID: 79959392915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021144     Document Type: Article

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