Diverse spatial, temporal, and sexual expression of recently duplicated androgen-binding protein genes in Mus musculus

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Laukaitis, Christina M ^a,b   Dlouhy, Stephen R ^c   Emes, Richard D ^d,e   Ponting, Chris P ^d   Karn, Robert C ^a  

^a BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANDROGEN BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C3H MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY BULB; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANDROGEN-BINDING PROTEIN; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLFACTORY BULB; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 23944449624     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-5-40     Document Type: Article

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