Virilization of the female spotted hyena cannot be explained by alterations in the amino acid sequence of the androgen receptor (AR)

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 194, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 85-94

  Catalano, S ^a   Avila, D M ^b   Marsico, S ^a   Wilson, J D ^b   Glickman, S E ^c   McPhaul, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Genitalia; Hyena; Nuclear receptor; Structure

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; GENOMIC DNA; LIGAND;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES COMPARISON; VIRILIZATION; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CARNIVORA; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GONADAL DISEASE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CARNIVORA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; VIRILISM;

EID: 0037200667     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(02)00179-X     Document Type: Article

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