Sox3: A transcription factor for Cyp19 expression in the frog Rana rugosa

Gene

Volumn 445, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 38-48

  Oshima, Yuki ^a   Naruse, Kiyoshi ^b   Nakamura, Yoriko ^c   Nakamura, Masahisa ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphibians; ChIP assay; Cyp19; Promoter assay; Rana rugosa; Sex determination; Sox3

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; DNA; POLYHISTIDINE TAG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX3;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP BOX DOMAIN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; SEX CHROMOSOME; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BINDING SITES; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVARY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RANIDAE; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA RUGOSA;

EID: 67650673522     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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