Genes, cells and organs: Recent developments in the molecular genetics of mammalian sex determination

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 683-687

  Greenfield, Andy ^a  

^a MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; SF 1 PROTEIN; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; DENYS DRASH SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; MALE PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; GENES; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031705652     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900848     Document Type: Review

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