DMRT1 is upregulated in the gonads during female-to-male sex reversal in ZW chicken embryos

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 560-570

  Smith, Craig A ^a   Katz, Melissa ^a   Sinclair, Andrew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Embryo; Estradiol; Testis

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR; FADROZOLE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN DMRT1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHROMOSOMAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GONAD; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; CHICK EMBRYO; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GONADS; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0037306798     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.007294     Document Type: Article

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