Sonic hedgehog cascade is required for penile postnatal morphogenesis, differentiation, and adult homeostasis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 423-438

  Podlasek, Carol A ^a   Zelner, David J ^a   Bin Jiang, Hong ^a   Tang, Yi ^a   Houston, John ^a   McKenna, Kevin E ^a   McVary, Kevin T ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Male reproductive tract; Male sexual function; Penis

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PENIS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PENIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037307703     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.006643     Document Type: Article

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