Marsupial Anti-Müllerian Hormone Gene Structure, Regulatory Elements, and Expression

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 160-167

  Pask, Andrew J ^a,b   Whitworth, Deanne J ^b   Mao, Chai An ^c,d   Wei, Ke Jun ^c   Sankovic, Natasha ^c   Graves, Jennifer A M ^a,c   Shaw, Geoffrey ^a   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a   Behringer, Richard R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Early development; Granulosa cells; Ovary; Sertoli cells; Testis

Indexed keywords

MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ERYTHROID SPECIFIC DNA BINDING FACTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; MULLERIAN INHIBITING HORMONE; MULLERIAN-INHIBITING HORMONE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SOX-9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TESTIS PEPTIDE HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 4; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRANULOSA CELL; MARSUPIAL; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SRY GENE; TESTIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; SERTOLI CELL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EUTHERIA; MACROPUS; MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; REPTILIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ERYTHROID-SPECIFIC DNA-BINDING FACTORS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; GRANULOSA CELLS; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTICULAR HORMONES; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0346688807     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.020016     Document Type: Article

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