A cellular study of human testis development

Sexual Development

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 286-292

  Ostrer, H ^a   Huang, H Y ^a   Masch, R J ^a   Shapiro, E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidate genes; Gene expression; Germ cell; Gonadal development; Gonadal ridge; Immunocytochemistry; Interstitial cell; Leydig cell; Sertoli cell; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MUS; MYOIDA;

EID: 36249014234     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108930     Document Type: Article

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