Effective silencing of Sry gene with RNA interference in developing mouse embryos resulted in feminization of XY gonad

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wu, Ning ^a,b   Yu, Ai Bing ^c   Zhu, Hua Bin ^b   Lin, Xiu Kun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; PLASMID VECTOR; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; WT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GONAD; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; RNA INTERFERENCE; SRY GENE; TESTICULAR FEMINIZATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; FEMINIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, SRY; MALE; MICE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 84863410329     PISSN: 11107243     EISSN: 11107251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/343891     Document Type: Article

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