Androgen receptor of the frog Rana rugosa: Molecular cloning and its characterization

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 311, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 796-812

  Yokoyama, Satoshi ^a   Oshima, Yuki ^a   Tokita, Junpei ^a   Suda, Mari ^a   Shinozuka, Takuma ^a   Nakamura, Masahisa ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FEMALE; FROG; GENDER AND SEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX CHROMOSOME; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LARVA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; RANIDAE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANURA; RANA RUGOSA;

EID: 70449395829     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.568     Document Type: Article

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