The Dmrt1 expression in sex-reversed gonads of amphibians

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 232-241

  Shibata, Kazuyuki ^a   Takase, Minoru ^b   Nakamura, Masahisa ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Dmrt1; Sex reversal; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

DOUBLESEX AND MAB 3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA LIBRARY; FEMALE; FROG; GERM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SPERMATOGONIUM; TADPOLE; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0036392328     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00039-4     Document Type: Article

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