Origin of INSL3-mediated testicular descent in therian mammals

Genome Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 974-985

  Park, Jae Il ^a   Semyonov, Jenia ^a   Chia, Lin Chang ^b   Yi, Wei ^a   Warren, Wesley ^c   Hsu, Sheau Yu Teddy ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSL3 PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETICS; MAMMAL; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS DESCENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMANS; INSULIN; LIGANDS; MALE; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLATYPUS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEINS; RELAXIN; TESTIS;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; THERIA;

EID: 43749106322     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.7119108     Document Type: Article

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