Sequence and expression analysis of WT1 and Sox9 in the red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 281, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 417-427

  Spotila, Loretta D ^a,b   Spotila, James R ^b   Hall, Sarah E ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUCLEOTIDE; ORGANOGENESIS; SEX DETERMINATION; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, COMPLEMENTARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TURTLES; WT1 PROTEINS;

EID: 0032145035     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980801)281:5<417::AID-JEZ7>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Conference Paper

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