A novel Sry-downstream cellular event which preserves the readily available energy source of glycogen in mouse sex differentiation

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1449-1459

  Matoba, Shogo ^a   Kanai, Yoshiakira ^a   Kidokoro, Tomohide ^a   Kanai Azuma, Masami ^b   Kawakami, Hayato ^b   Hayashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Kurohmaru, Masamichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glycogen; P13K AKT signaling; Sertoli cell; Sex differentiation; Sox9; Sry

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; 2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; GLYCOGEN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXPLANT; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; MESONEPHROS; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOMATIC CELL; SOMITE; SRY GENE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENICS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BUSULFAN; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; CHROMONES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MORPHOLINES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SERTOLI CELLS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 17844395469     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01738     Document Type: Article

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