Epithelial-mesenchymal interactions in development of the mouse fetal genital tubercle

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 125-130

  Kurzrock, Eric A ^a   Baskin, Laurence S ^a   Li, Yingwu ^a   Cunha, Gerald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Epithelium; Genital tubercle; Mesenchyme; Mouse

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; ANDROGEN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PEANUT AGGLUTININ;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER EPITHELIUM; BONE; CARTILAGE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; MALE; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIL; TISSUE GRAFT; TISSUE INTERACTION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; MALE; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, NUDE; PENIS; PREGNANCY; TAIL; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0033005503     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016650     Document Type: Article

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