Pitx2 regulates gonad morphogenesis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 11242-11247

  Rodríguez León, Joaquín ^a   Rodríguez Esteban, Concepción ^b   Martí, Mercè ^a   Santiago Josefat, Belén ^a   Dubova, Ilir ^a,b   Rubiralta, Xavier ^a,b   Izpisúa Belmonte, Juan Carlos ^a,b  

^a CENTER OF REGENERATIVE MEDICINE IN BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chick ovary development; Cyclin D1; Left right asymmetry; Mitotic orientation; Primordial germ cell

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN D1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CYCLIN D1; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 49649123127     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804904105     Document Type: Article

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