Targeted mutagenesis of the endogenous mouse Mis gene promoter: In vivo definition of genetic pathways of vertebrate sexual development

Cell

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 409-419

  Arango, Nelson A ^a   Lovell Badge, Robin ^b   Behringer, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032705186     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81527-5     Document Type: Article

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