Androgen insensitivity syndrome due to new mutations in the DNA-binding domain of the androgen receptor

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-24

  Imasaki, Kyosuke ^a   Okabe, Taijiro ^a   Murakami, Hiroshi ^b   Tanaka, Yoko ^c   Haji, Masafumi ^a   Takayanagi, Ryoichi ^a   Nawata, Hajime ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen insensitivity syndrome; Androgen receptor; Androgen responsive element; DNA binding domain; Receptor positive type; Single amino acid substitution

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYSTEINE; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DNA TRANSFECTION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029948234     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(96)03812-9     Document Type: Article

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