The case of the midwife scientist

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 513-518

  Simpson, Elizabeth ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expression cloning; HY antigen; Sex determination; Spermatogenesis; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

TRANSPLANTATION ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GRAFT VERSUS LEUKEMIA EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; H-Y ANTIGEN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREGNANCY; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0035013894     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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