Mutations of the SRY-responsive enhancer of SOX9 are uncommon in XY gonadal dysgenesis

Sexual Development

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 321-325

  Georg, I ^a   Bagheri Fam, S ^c   Knower, K C ^c   Wieacker, P ^b   Scherer, G ^a   Harley, V R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Sex reversal; SOX9; SRY; Swyer syndrome; TES; TESCO; Testis specific enhancer; XY gonadal dysgenesis

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TES PROTEIN, HUMAN; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; MUTATION;

ANIMALS; GONADAL DYSGENESIS, 46,XY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 78049340340     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320142     Document Type: Article

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