ATRX has a critical and conserved role in mammalian sexual differentiation

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Huyhn, Kim ^b   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a,b   Graves, Jennifer A ^b,c   Pask, Andrew J ^a,d  

^a ARC Centre of Excellence for Kangaroo Genomics   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

eutherian; germ cells; Marsupial; ovary; tammar wallaby; testis

Indexed keywords

EUTHERIA; MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

ATRX PROTEIN, MOUSE; HELICASE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MARSUPIAL; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OVARY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS; X CHROMOSOME; X LINKED MENTAL RETARDATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA HELICASES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION, X-LINKED; MICE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OVARY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 79958282447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-11-39     Document Type: Article

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