Mutation analysis of the 2 kb 5′ to SRY in XY females and XY intersex subjects

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 465-468

  Kwok, C ^a   Tyler Smith, C ^b   Mendonca, B B ^c   Hughes, I ^d   Berkovitz, G D ^e   Goodfellow, P N ^a   Hawkins, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c University Hospital   (Brazil)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Sex reversal; SRY; SSCP

Indexed keywords

TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; Y CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GONADAL DYSGENESIS, 46,XY; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0029979978     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.33.6.465     Document Type: Article

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