Residual activity of mutant androgen receptors explains wolffian duct development in the complete androgen insensitivity syndrome

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 5815-5822

  Hannema, Sabine E ^a   Scott, Ian S ^b   Hodapp, John ^a   Martin, Howard ^a   Coleman, Nick ^b   Schwabe, John W ^c   Hughes, Ieuan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HUTCHISON MRC RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA BINDING; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STOP CODON; TRANSACTIVATION; VAS DEFERENS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COS CELLS; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; WOLFFIAN DUCT;

WOLFFIA;

EID: 8744298441     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-0709     Document Type: Article

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