Molecular cloning of anti-Müllerian hormone from the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-199

  Urushitani, Hiroshi ^a,b   Katsu, Yoshinao ^a,b   Miyagawa, Shinichi ^a,b   Kohno, Satomi ^c,d   Ohta, Yasuhiko ^e   Guillette, Louis J ^c,d   Iguchi, Taisen ^a,b  

^a OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Hollings Marine Laboratory   (United States)

^e TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

American alligator; Anti M llerian hormone; Sox 9; Temperature dependent sex determination

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SF 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLIGATOR; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HATCHLING; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UPREGULATION;

5' FLANKING REGION; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; AMERICAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79651469162     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2010.12.025     Document Type: Article

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