Sexually dimorphic gene expression in the developing mouse gonad

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 359-367

  Menke, Douglas B ^a   Page, David C ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; Gonad; Mouse; Ovary; Sex differentiation; Sexually dimorphic; Subtractive hybridization; Testis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FOLLISTATIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEIN ADAMTS19; SECRETORY PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0036952330     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-133X(02)00022-4     Document Type: Article

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