Whatever happened to SRY?

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 883-893

  O'Neill, M J ^a   O'Neill, R J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

HMG box:; Rapid sequence evolution; Sex determination; SOX; SRY; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; Y CHROMOSOME;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033401503     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050481     Document Type: Review

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