Molecular cloning of Dmrt1 and its expression in the gonad of Xenopus

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 681-687

  Osawa, Noboru ^a   Oshima, Yuki ^a   Nakamura, Masahisa ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA; Dmrt1; Gonadal differentiation; RT PCR; Sox9; X. laevis

Indexed keywords

DMRT1 PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; SOX-9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADS; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; TILAPIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 22544463116     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.681     Document Type: Article

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