Article
XY sex reversal associated with a deletion 5' to the SRY "HMG box" in the testis-determining region.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Nov 1992
McElreavy K, Vilain E, Abbas N, Costa J M, Souleyreau N, Kucheria K, Boucekkine C, Thibaud E, Brauner R, Flamant F
Abstract excerpt
The human testis-determining factor resides within a 35-kilobase (kb) region of the Y chromosome immediately adjacent to the pseudoautosomal boundary. A candidate gene for human sex determination (SRY) was isolated in this region. Here, we describe a study of 25 cases of XY females with pure gona...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- DNA
- Disorders of Sex Development
- Female
- Genes, Regulator
- Humans
- Lymphocytes
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
- Open Reading Frames
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
