Evidence that androgens regulate early developmental events, prior to sexual differentiation

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-14

  Goldman Johnson, Denise R ^a,c   De Kretser, David M ^a,b   Morrison, John R ^a  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALPHA ACTININ; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYTOCHROME P450 17A1; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; FLUTAMIDE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE; TROPOMYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOMICS; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MICE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37549054707     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-1123     Document Type: Article

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