Molecular cloning of an avian anti-Mullerian hormone homologue

Gene

Volumn 176, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 203-209

  Neeper, Michael ^a   Lowe, Robert ^a   Galuska, Stefan ^a   Hofmann, Kathryn J ^a   Smith, Roy G ^a   Elbrecht, Alex ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Expression; Gene; Gonad; mRNA; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PLASMIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXON; FEMALE; FOWL; HEART; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INTRON; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030591798     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00248-X     Document Type: Article

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