Three-dimensional visualization of testis cord morphogenesis, a novel tubulogenic mechanism in development

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1033-1041

  Combes, Alexander N ^a   Lesieur, Emmanuelle ^a   Harley, Vincent R ^b   Sinclair, Andrew H ^c   Little, Melissa H ^a   Wilhelm, Dagmar ^a   Koopman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Imaging; gonad; Morphogenesis; Organogenesis; Testis cords; Three dimensional modeling; Tubulogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS CORD; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GERM CELLS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; RETE TESTIS;

EID: 66149126612     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21925     Document Type: Article

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