Differential and spermatogenic cell-specific expression of DMRT1 during sex reversal in protogynous hermaphroditic groupers

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 156-172

  Xia, Wei ^a   Zhou, Li ^a   Yao, Bo ^a   Li, Chuang Ju ^a   Gui, Jian Fang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

DMRT1; Gonad; Grouper; Sex differentiation; Sex reversal; Sox3; Sox9; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DSX AND MAB 3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSX AND MAB 3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HERMAPHRODITISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33751507372     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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