A W-linked DM-domain gene, DM-W, participates in primary ovary development in Xenopus laevis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2469-2474

  Yoshimoto, Shin ^a   Okada, Ema ^a   Umemoto, Hirohito ^a   Tamura, Kei ^a   Uno, Yoshinobu ^b   Nishida Umehara, Chizuko ^b   Matsuda, Yoichi ^b   Takamatsu, Nobuhiko ^a   Shiba, Tadayoshi ^a   Ito, Michihiko ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

FISH; Sex determination; Transgenic; W chromosome; ZZ ZW

Indexed keywords

DMRT1 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIMINUTIVE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DM DOMAIN GENE; DNA BINDING; FEMALE; GENE; GENOME; GONAD; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; TADPOLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; GENDER AND SEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OVARY; PROMOTER REGION;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; MAMMALIA; ORYZIINAE; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; GENOTYPE; LARVA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 40649100327     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0712244105     Document Type: Article

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