Sox9 expression during gonadal development implies a conserved role for the gene in testis differentiation in mammals and birds

Nature Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-68

  Silva, Sara Morais Da ^a,e   Hacker, Adam ^a,b   Harley, Vince ^a,b,c   Goodfellow, Peter ^a,b,c,d   Swain, Amanda ^a,b,c   Lovell Badge, Robin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIRD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; DWARFISM; EMBRYO; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHICKENS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; MALE; MAMMALS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SERTOLI CELLS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029742909     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0996-62     Document Type: Article

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