Mesonephric cell migration induces testis cord formation and Sertoli cell differentiation in the mammalian gonad

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 2883-2890

  Tilmann, Christopher ^a   Capel, Blanche ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Mesonephros; Sex determination; Sex reversal; Sry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MAMMAL; MESONEPHROS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SOMATIC CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAMININ; MALE; MESONEPHROS; MICE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032788297     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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