Sexually dimorphic development of the mammalian reproductive tract requires Wnt-7a

Nature

Volumn 395, Issue 6703, 1998, Pages 707-710

  Parr, Brian A ^a,b   McMahon, Andrew P ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENITALIA; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MULLERIAN DUCTS; MUTAGENESIS; OVIDUCTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; UTERUS; WNT PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA; WOLFFIA;

EID: 0032531820     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/27221     Document Type: Article

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