Isolation and sequencing of doublesex/male abnormal 3 (DM) related transcription factor (Dmrt) genes from the Asian toad Bufo gargarizans (Cantor, 1842)

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1189-1193

  Chen, Wen ^a   Nie, Liu Wang ^a   Zheng, Ping Ping ^a  

^a ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bufo gargarizans; DM domain; Dmrt genes; SSCP

Indexed keywords

DOUBLESEX AND MAB 3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DOUBLESEX PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MALE ABNORMAL 3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING MOTIF; FEMALE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DATABASE; INVERTEBRATE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TOAD; VERTEBRATE;

ANURA; BUFO GARGARIZANS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37649022045     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572007000600026     Document Type: Article

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