The reproductive tissue specific cystatin subgroup of genes: Expression during gonadal development in wildtype and testatin knockout animals

Sexual Development

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 363-372

  Frygelius, J ^a   Oscarson, M ^a   Nordqvist, K ^b   Wedell, A ^a   Tohonen V ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b VINNOVA   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cystatin type 2 family; Gonad development; Testatin knockout mouse

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TESTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CRES GENE; CRES2 GENE; CRES3 GENE; CRES4 GENE; CSTE1 GENE; CSTE2 GENE; CSTL1 GENE; CSTSC GENE; CSTTE 1 GENE; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRUCTURAL GENE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYSTATINS; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 38349124761     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111768     Document Type: Article

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