The role of Sox9 in prostate development

Differentiation

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 728-735

  Thomsen, Martin K ^a   Francis, Jeffrey C ^a   Swain, Amanda ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prostate development; Prostate epithelia differentiation; Prostate lobe specificity; Sox genes; Sox9

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 10; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOX9 GENE; UROGENITAL SINUS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 47749152282     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.2008.00293.x     Document Type: Review

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