Doublesex Regulates the Connectivity of a Neural Circuit Controlling Drosophila Male Courtship Song

Developmental Cell

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 533-544

  Shirangi, Troy R ^a   Wong, Allan M ^a   Truman, James W ^a   Stern, David L ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DOUBLESEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; DSX PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DENDRITE; DROSOPHILA; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WING; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; COURTSHIP; DENDRITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE NET; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 85013246244     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: 18781551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2016.05.012     Document Type: Article

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