Subcellular and molecular mechanisms regulating anti-Müllerian hormone gene expression in mammalian and nonmammalian species

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 572-585

  Lasala, Celina ^a   Carré Eusèbe, Danièle ^c   Picard, Jean Yves ^c   Rey, Rodolfo ^a,b,d  

^a HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c U Rech Sur l'Endocrinol du Devmt   (France)

^d Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinologicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; WT1 PROTEIN;

ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIRD; DOWN REGULATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FISH; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPTILE; SERTOLI CELL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS; UPREGULATION;

AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 4544323429     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2004.23.572     Document Type: Article

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