Expression of steroidogenic factor 1 and Wilms' tumour 1 during early human gonadal development and sex determination

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 175-180

  Hanley, N A ^a,c   Ball, S G ^a   Clement Jones, M ^a   Hagan, D M ^a   Strachan, T ^a   Lindsay, S ^a   Robson, S ^a   Ostrer, H ^b   Parker, K L ^c   Wilson, D I ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryogenesis; Ovary; Sex determination, Human; Steroidogenic factor 1 (SF 1); Testis; Wilms' tumour 1 (WT1)

Indexed keywords

STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR WT1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUTATION; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; OVARY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WT1 PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032844814     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00123-9     Document Type: Article

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