Gene expression during gonadogenesis in the chicken embryo

Gene

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 395-402

  Smith, Craig A ^a   Smith, Matthijs J ^a   Sinclair, Andrew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

AMH; DAX1; Sex determination; Sexual differentiation; SF1; SOX9

Indexed keywords

MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; GONADS; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; MALE; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTICULAR HORMONES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WT1 PROTEINS;

AVES; EUKARYOTA; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032991355     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00179-1     Document Type: Article

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