The small heterodimer partner is a gonadal gatekeeper of sexual maturation in male mice

Genes and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 303-315

  Volle, David H ^a   Duggavathi, Rajesha ^a   Magnier, Benjamin C ^a   Houten, Sander M ^a   Cummins, Carolyn L ^b   Lobaccaro, Jean Marc A ^c   Verhoeven, Guido ^d   Schoonjans, Kristina ^a   Auwerx, Johan ^a,e,f  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUT CLINIQUE DE LA SOURIS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Farnesoid X receptor; Germ cell differentiation; Liver receptor homolog 1; Retinoic acid receptor; Steroidogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

3 [2 [2 CHLORO 4 [3 (2,6 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 ISOPROPYL 4 ISOXAZOLYLMETHOXY]PHENYL]VINYL]BENZOIC ACID; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; LIVER RECEPTOR HOMOLOG 1; NUCLEAR FACTOR; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; SMALL HETERODIMER PARTNER; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GERM CELLS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRETINOIN;

MUS; PYRONIA TITHONUS;

EID: 33846945808     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.409307     Document Type: Article

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