R-spondin1 - Discovery of the long-missing, mammalian female-determining gene?

BioEssays

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 314-318

  Wilhelm, Dagmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXL2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT4 PROTEIN;

CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; R SPONDIN 1 GENE; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SRY GENE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBOSPONDINS; TIME FACTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34247126026     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20553     Document Type: Review

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