Reproductive/urogenital organ development and molecular genetic cascades: Glamorous developmental processes of bodies

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 665-669

  Yamada, Gen ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen; Genitalia; Gonad; Growth factors; Hormone; Mammary gland; Reproduction; Sex differentiation; Urogenital organ

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; WT1 PROTEIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENE CONTROL; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENOME ANALYSIS; GONAD; KNOCKOUT GENE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MAMMARY GLAND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SRY GENE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ORGANOGENESIS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 22344441209     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvi085     Document Type: Short Survey

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