The gene doublesex of the fruit fly Anastrepha obliqua (Diptera, Tephritidae)

Genetics. 2005 Oct;171(2):849-54. doi: 10.1534/genetics.105.044925. Epub 2005 Aug 5.

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

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alternative Splicing / genetics*
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Blotting, Northern
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics*
  • Drosophila Proteins / genetics
  • Female
  • Gene Components
  • Gene Expression*
  • Genes, Insect / genetics*
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sex Factors
  • Species Specificity
  • Tephritidae / genetics*

Substances

  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • DSX protein, Drosophila
  • Drosophila Proteins