Hox gene expression in the embryonic genital system of the sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholt, 1829), a species with temperature-dependent sex determination

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 290-298

  Sifuentes Romero, Itzel ^a   Merchant Larios, Horacio ^b   García Gasca, Alejandra ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Hox genes; Lepidochelys olivacea; Reproductive tract development; Sea turtle; Temperature dependent sex determination

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; HOXA13 PROTEIN; HOXD11 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEOBOX PROTEIN HOXA13; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HEAT SENSITIVITY; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TURTLE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; GENDER AND SEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE;

CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENITALIA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; TEMPERATURE; TURTLES;

EID: 79952111095     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: 18727298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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