Origin and spread of the SRY gene on the X and Y chromosomes of the rodent Microtus cabrerae: Role of L1 elements

Genomics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 142-151

  Marchal, Juan A ^a   Acosta, Manuel J ^a   Bullejos, Mónica ^a   de la Guardia, Rafael Díaz ^b   Sánchez, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heterochromatin; Microtus cabrerae; Retroposon; Sex chromosomes; SRY gene

Indexed keywords

TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HETEROCHROMATIN; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MALE; MICROTUS CABRERAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; RETROPOSON; RODENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME; SRY GENE; STOP CODON; TATA BOX; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; FEMALE; GENES, SRY; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; PSEUDOGENES; RETROELEMENTS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

MAMMALIA; MICROTUS CABRERAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 38149030143     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: 10898646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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