Regulation and function of the Rhox5 homeobox gene

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1120, Issue , 2007, Pages 72-83

  Hu, Zhiying ^a   MacLean, James A ^b   Bhardwaj, Anjana ^a   Wilkinson, Miles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Homeobox; Rhox; Sertoli cell; Spermatogenesis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; INSULIN; INSULIN II; NETRIN 1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC REGULATION; GERM CELL; HOMEOBOX; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHOX5 GENE; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; X CHROMOSOME;

MUS;

EID: 38049087129     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1411.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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