The role of SRY in mammalian sex determination

Pediatrics International

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 380-389

  Fechner, Patricia Y ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

46, XX male; 46, XY female; Male sex determination; SRY

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HERMAPHRODITISM; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029814233     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1996.tb03512.x     Document Type: Article

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