Doublesex Functions Early and Late in Gustatory Sense Organ Development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Mellert, David J ^a,b   Robinett, Carmen C ^a   Baker, Bruce S ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLESEX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOUBLESEX GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; IMAGINAL DISC; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSE ORGAN; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE BUD;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NEURONS; SENSE ORGANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TASTE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84871111877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051489     Document Type: Article

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