Fgf9 and Wnt4 act as antagonistic signals to regulate mammalian sex determination

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1000-1009

  Kim, Yuna ^a   Kobayashi, Akio ^b   Sekido, Ryohei ^c   DiNapoli, Leo ^a   Brennan, Jennifer ^a   Chaboissier, Marie Christine ^d   Poulat, Francis ^e   Behringer, Richard R ^b   Lovell Badge, Robin ^c   Capel, Blanche ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GONAD; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; MALE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SRY GENE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

MAMMALIA; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745198924     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/11558958_121     Document Type: Article

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