Molecular cloning and gene expression of Foxl2 in the frog Rana rugosa

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 159, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 170-177

  Oshima, Yuki ^a   Uno, Yoshinobu ^b   Matsuda, Yoichi ^b   Kobayashi, Tohru ^c   Nakamura, Masahisa ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

FISH; Foxl2; Frog; Gonad; Immunostaining; Luciferase assay; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXL2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RANA RUGOSA; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 55549112832     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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