Cloning and expression of R-Spondin1 in different vertebrates suggests a conserved role in ovarian development

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Smith, Craig A ^a   Shoemaker, Christina M ^b   Roeszler, Kelly N ^a   Queen, Joanna ^b   Crews, David ^b   Sinclair, Andrew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN; FORKHEAD BOX PROTEIN L2; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; FADROZOLE; RSPO1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; THROMBOSPONDIN; WNT PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SURFACE; CHICKEN; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIATION; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; R SPONDIN 1 GENE; REGULATOR GENE; SEX DETERMINATION; SOMATIC CELL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TURTLE; VERTEBRATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); GENDER AND SEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OVARY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE;

TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; CHICK EMBRYO; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TEMPERATURE; THROMBOSPONDINS; TURTLES; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 50249093862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-8-72     Document Type: Article

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