SF-1: A key regulator of development and function in the mammalian reproductive system

Pediatrics International

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 412-419

  Ikeda, Yayoi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocrine development; Nuclear receptor SF 1; Reproductive axis; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL GLAND; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, WILMS TUMOR; GONADS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0029793415     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1996.tb03516.x     Document Type: Article

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