Tissue-specific expression of murine Nkx3.1 in the male urogenital system

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 127-138

  Sciavolino, Peter J ^a,b   Abrams, Elliott W ^a,b   Yang, Lu ^a,b   Austenberg, Leif P ^a,b   Shen, Michael M ^a,b,c   Abate Shen, Cory ^a,b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

androgen regulation; DNA binding; homeobox; prostate

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENITALIA, MALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030944005     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199705)209:1<127::AID-AJA12>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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