The murine Fem1 gene family: Homologs of the Caenorhabditis elegans sex- determination protein FEM-1

Genomics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 221-230

  Ventura Holman, Tereza ^a   Seldin, Michael F ^b   Li, Wenhui ^c   Maher, Joseph F ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d G V(Sonny) Montgomery Vet Aff M   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 9; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MURINAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032402270     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1998.5569     Document Type: Article

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