Genetic control of gonadal differentiation

Bailliere's Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-16

  Lim, H N ^a   Hawkins, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DAX 1; FTZ F1; Gonadal differentiation; LIM1; Sex reversal; Sexual differentiation; SOX9; SRY; WT1

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; OVARY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TESTIS;

EID: 0031730384     PISSN: 0950351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-351X(98)80410-2     Document Type: Article

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