Androgen receptor mutations and androgen insensitivity

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 61-67

  McPhaul, Michael J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Androgen resistance; Human; Mutation; Nuclear receptor

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA BINDING; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LIGAND BINDING; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTICULAR FEMINIZATION;

ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ANDROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0037203514     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(02)00369-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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