Human sex differentiation: From transcription factors to gender

Hormone Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 111-119

  Migeon, Claude J ^a   Wisniewski, Amy B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Hormone receptors; Sex; Sex differentiation; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BEHAVIOR; GENDER; GENDER IDENTITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0033759966     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023558     Document Type: Review

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