Xenopus w-linked DM-W induces foxl2 and cyp19 expression during ovary formation

Sexual Development

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-42

  Okada, E ^a   Yoshimoto, S ^a   Ikeda, N ^a   Kanda, H ^a   Tamura, K ^a   Shiba, T ^a   Takamatsu, N ^a   Ito, Michihiko ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatase; DM W; Feminization; Ovary; Sex determination; Xenopus laevis; ZZ ZW

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; UPREGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AROMATASE; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 64149102282     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000200080     Document Type: Article

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