mRNA expression analysis and the molecular basis of neonatal testis defects in Dmrt1 mutant mice

Sexual Development

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-58

  Fahrioglu, U ^a   Murphy, M W ^a   Zarkower, D ^a   Bardwell, V J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

DM domain; Dmrt1; Gdnf; Gonocyte; Sertoli; Sexual differentiation; Stella; Testis

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL PLURIPOTENCY ASSOCIATED 3 PROTEIN; DOUBLESEX AND MAB 3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GERM CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MITOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; MUS; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34248211280     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096238     Document Type: Article

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