Identification of Wnt4 as the ovary pathway gene and temporal disparity of its expression vis-a-vis testis genes in the garden lizard, Calotes versicolor

Gene

Volumn 449, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 77-84

  Tripathi, Vidisha ^a   Raman, Rajiva ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chromosomal sex determination (CSD); DAX1; Environmental temperature dependent sex determination (E TSD); Mesonephros gonadal complex (MGC); Sex determination; SOX9; WNT4

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; WNT4 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LIZARD; MESONEPHROS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS; WNT PROTEINS;

AVES; CALOTES VERSICOLOR; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 70350375277     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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