GTG mutation in the start codon of the androgen receptor gene in a family of horses with 64,XY disorder of sex development

Sexual Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 108-116

  Revay T ^a,c   Villagomez D A F ^a,d   Brewer, D ^b   Chenier, T ^a   King, W Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Institute for Small Animal Research   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Androgen insensitivity; Androgen receptor; GTG start codon; Horse; Intersex; SRY + DSD syndrome; Testicular feminization; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DNA; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; START CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON, INITIATOR; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; DNA; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POINT MUTATION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN;

EID: 84857365898     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334049     Document Type: Article

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