Characterisation of the marsupial-specific ATRY gene: Implications for the evolution of male-specific function

Gene

Volumn 362, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 29-36

  Park, Daniel J ^a   Pask, Andrew J ^a   Huynh, Kim ^a   Harley, Vincent R ^b   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a   Graves, Jennifer A M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromatin remodelling; Sex determination; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ATRX PROTEIN; ATRY PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MALE; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TESTIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA HELICASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TESTIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; EUTHERIA; MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 28244497831     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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