A predicted membrane protein, TRA-2A, directs hermaphrodite development in Caenorhabditis elegans.

doi:10.1242/dev.121.9.2995

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A predicted membrane protein, TRA-2A, directs hermaphrodite development in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Sept 1995

Kuwabara P E, Kimble J

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The nematode C. elegans naturally develops as either an XO male or XX hermaphrodite. The sex-determining gene, tra-2, promotes hermaphrodite development in XX animals. This gene encodes a predicted membrane protein, named TRA-2A, which has been proposed to provide the primary feminising activity...

Topics

Animals
Animals, Genetically Modified
Caenorhabditis elegans
Disorders of Sex Development
Drosophila Proteins
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Female
Genotype
Hot Temperature
Male
Mutation
Phenotype
Ribonucleoproteins
Sex Differentiation

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