Testis determination in mammals: More questions than answers

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 179, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 3-16

  Veitia, Reiner A ^a   Salas Cortés, Laura ^a   Ottolenghi, Chris ^a   Pailhoux, Eric ^b   Cotinot, Corinne ^b   Fellous, Marc ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

46,XY gonadal dysgenesis; 46,XY sex reversal; Gene dosage; Sex determination; XX sex reversal

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMAL; MONOSOMY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; GONADAL DYSGENESIS, 46,XY; MALE; MAMMALS; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035919190     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(01)00460-9     Document Type: Review

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