Functional analysis of six androgen receptor mutations identified in patients with partial androgen insensitivity syndrome

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 265-273

  Bevan, Charlotte L ^a   Brown, Betty B ^a   Davies, Helen R ^a   Evans, Bronwen A J ^b   Hughes, Ieuan A ^a   Patterson, Mark N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA TRANSFECTION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR GENE; TRANSACTIVATION; VIRILIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANDROGENS; CELL LINE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030059911     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.2.265     Document Type: Article

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