Sexual differentiation of germ cells in XX mouse gonads occurs in an anterior-to-posterior wave

Developmental Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 303-312

  Menke, Douglas B ^a   Koubova, Jana ^b   Page, David C ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adamts19; Dmc1; Embryo; Follistatin; Germ cell; Meiosis; Oct4; Ovary; Sexual differentiation; Stra8

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DMC1; STIMULATED BY RETINOIC ACID PROTEIN 8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MARKER GENE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOMATIC CELL;

EID: 0141503513     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(03)00391-9     Document Type: Article

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