Desert Hedgehog/Patched 1 signaling specifies fetal Leydig cell fate in testis organogenesis

Genes and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1433-1440

  Yao, Humphrey Hung Chang ^a   Whoriskey, Wendy ^b   Capel, Blanche ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CURIS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert Hedgehog; Leydig; Mesonephros; Organogenesis; Patched 1; Testis

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; LEYDIG CELL; MAMMAL; MESONEPHROS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MESONEPHROS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; UP-REGULATION; VERATRUM ALKALOIDS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036606827     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.981202     Document Type: Article

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