The transcription co-factor CITED2 functions during sex determination and early gonad development

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2989-3001

  Buaas, Frank William ^a   Val, Pierre ^b   Swain, Amanda ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN AMH; PROTEIN FST; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CITED2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WT1 PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GONADS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WT1 PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 68049110644     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp237     Document Type: Article

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