Sex difference in Ad4BP/SF-1 mRNA expression in the chick-embryo brain before gonadal sexual differentiation

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 877-882

  Endo, Daisuke ^a   Murakami, Shizuko ^b   Akazome, Yasuhisa ^a   Park, Min Kyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Chick embryo; Development; Sex differentiation; Sex steroid

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GONAD; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

AVES; REPTILIA;

EID: 36049050647     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.877     Document Type: Article

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