Molecular cloning and expression of the SF-1/Ad4BP gene in the frog, Rana rugosa

Gene

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-176

  Kawano, Ki Ichirou ^a   Miura, Ikuo ^a   Morohashi, Ken Ichirou ^b   Takase, Minoru ^a   Nakamura, Masahisa ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5' UTR; cDNA; Frog; SF 1 Ad4BP; SF 1 Ad4BP gene; Testis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ADRENAL GLAND; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; RANIDAE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; BOVINAE; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELIDAE; RANA RUGOSA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032548161     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00498-3     Document Type: Article

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