DAX-1, an 'antitestis' gene

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 857-863

  Goodfellow, P N ^a,c   Camerino, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenal development; AHC; DAX 1; Male to female sex reversal; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME XP; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033011498     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00013201     Document Type: Article

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