Type II and type IX collagen transcript isoforms are expressed during mouse testis development

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1742-1747

  McClive, Peter J ^a   Sinclair, Andrew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Early development; Embryo; Sertoli cells; Testis

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 2A1; COLLAGEN TYPE 9; COLLAGEN TYPE 9A3; CYSTEINE; GENE PRODUCT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAMPOMELIC DYSPLASIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; GONAD; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SKELETON MALFORMATION; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANIMALS; BUSULFAN; CHONDROCYTES; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOMERISM; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037406581     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.008235     Document Type: Article

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