Combined haploinsufficiency of SF-1 and GATA4 does not reveal a genetic interaction in mouse gonadal development

Sexual Development

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 152-160

  Pelusi, C ^a   Zhao, L ^a   Stallings, N R ^a   Parker, K L ^a  

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

Author keywords

AMH; GATA4; Gonadogenesis; Sexual development; SF 1; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE TARGETING; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HAPLOIDY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; FEMALE; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HAPLOIDY; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; OVARY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TESTIS;

MUS;

EID: 34547764251     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000102104     Document Type: Article

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