Disruption of testis cords by cyclopamine or forskolin reveals independent cellular pathways in testis organogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 356-365

  Yao, Humphrey Hung Chang ^a   Capel, Blanche ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert hedgehog; Germ cells; Leydig; Meiosis; Patched; PKA; Sertoli

Indexed keywords

AMINE; CYCLOPAMINE; FORSKOLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; GENE DISRUPTION; GERM CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MEIOSIS; MESONEPHROS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 0036067874     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0663     Document Type: Article

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