Desert hedgehog (Dhh) gene is required in the mouse testis for formation of adult-type Leydig cells and normal development of peritubular cells and seminiferous tubules

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1825-1838

  Clark, A M ^a   Garland, K K ^a   Russell, L D ^a  

^a CURIS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Interstitial cells; Leydig cells

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GENE PRODUCT; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; INTERSTITIUM; LEYDIG CELL; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; MYOIDEA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033709190     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod63.6.1825     Document Type: Article

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