Follistatin operates downstream of Wnt4 in mammalian ovary organogenesis

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 210-215

  Yao, Humphrey H C ^a,e   Matzuk, Martin M ^b   Jorgez, Carolina J ^b   Menke, Douglas B ^c,f   Page, David C ^c   Swain, Amanda ^d   Capel, Blanche ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coelomic vessel; Follistatin; Germ cells; Ovary; Sex determination; Wnt4

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; FOLLISTATIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE REPRESSION; GERM CELL; GONAD; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; FEMALE; FOLLISTATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; ORGANOGENESIS; OVARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 2442715158     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20042     Document Type: Article

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