Wilms' tumor suppressor gene (WT1) as a target gene of SRY function in a mouse ES cell line transfected with SRY

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1143-1151

  Toyooka, Yayoi ^a,e   Tanaka, Satomi S ^a   Hirota, Osamu ^b   Tanaka, Satoshi ^c   Takagi, Nobuo ^d   Yamanouchi, Keitaro ^e   Tojo, Hideaki ^e   Tachi, Chikashi ^e,f  

^a MITSUBISHI KASEI INST OF LIFE SCI   (Japan)

^b NIPPON BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM CO LTD   (Japan)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ES cells; Sry; Transformation; WT1

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; WT1 PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031744047     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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