Endothelial and steroidogenic cell migration are regulated by WNT4 in the developing mammalian gonad

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 3663-3670

  Jeays Ward, Katherine ^a   Hoyle, Christine ^a   Brennan, Jennifer ^b   Dandonneau, Mathieu ^a   Alldus, Graham ^a   Capel, Blanche ^b   Swain, Amanda ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial; Gonad; Mouse; WNT

Indexed keywords

STEROID HORMONE; WNT PROTEIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME REPRESSION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LEYDIG CELL; MAMMAL; MESONEPHROS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TESTIS; WNT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0041508536     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00591     Document Type: Article

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