Transcriptional diversity of DMRT1 (dsx- and mab3-related transcription factor 1) in human testis

Cell Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 389-393

  Han, Hua Cheng ^a   Ying, Ming ^a   Yi, Hao Tian ^a   Guo, Yiqing ^a   McElreavey, Ken ^b   Rong, Jia Zhou ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Doublesex; Evolution; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

DMRT1 PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ALU SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXON; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTRON; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TESTIS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ALU ELEMENTS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EXONS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646149767     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cr.7310050     Document Type: Article

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