Male specific expression of lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase (cPTGDS) during chicken gonadal differentiation: Relationship with cSOX9

Sexual Development

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 96-103

  Moniot, B ^a   Boizet Bonhoure, B ^a   Poulat, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

Author keywords

Chicken; cPTGDS; cSOX9; Lipocalin type prostaglandin D synthase; PGD 2; Prostaglandin D2; Sertoli cells; Sex determination; Testicular differentiation

Indexed keywords

DNA; LIPOCALIN; PROSTAGLANDIN D SYNTHASE; RNA; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

AMH GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; EXPLANT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; SOX9 GENE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GONADS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; LIPOCALINS; MALE; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 46049101448     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000129694     Document Type: Article

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