Effects of transfected human and mouse SRY/Sry genes upon the expression of hypothetical sry-cascade genes in cultured mouse sertoli cell line, TM-4

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 255-263

  Hirota, Osamu ^a   Nishino, Koichiro ^b   Toyooka, Yayoi ^b   Kodama, Terutaka ^c   Tanaka, Satoshi ^b   Yamanouchi, Keitaro ^b   Tojo, Hideaki ^b   Tachi, Chikashi ^b  

^a NIPPON BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM CO LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

MIS; Mouse; P450aromatase; Sertoli cell line; SRY; TM 4; WT 1

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001168465     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.42.255     Document Type: Article

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