Abstract
The gene doublesex of Anastrepha obliqua is composed of four instead of the usual six exons. It is transcribed in both sexes and its primary transcript undergoes sex-specific splicing, producing female Dsx(F) and male Dsx(M) proteins, which have in common the amino-terminal region but which differ at the carboxyl-terminal region.
Publication types
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Comparative Study
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Alternative Splicing / genetics*
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Base Sequence
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Blotting, Northern
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Cloning, Molecular
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DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics*
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Drosophila Proteins / genetics
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Female
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Gene Components
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Gene Expression*
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Genes, Insect / genetics*
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Male
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Sequence Alignment
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Sex Factors
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Species Specificity
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Tephritidae / genetics*
Substances
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DNA-Binding Proteins
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DSX protein, Drosophila
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Drosophila Proteins