Evidence for a conserved role of retinoic acid in urodele amphibian meiosis onset

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1389-1398

  Wallacides, Angelina ^a   Chesnel, Amand ^a   Chardard, Dominique ^a   Flament, Stéphane ^a   Dumond, Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Germ cells; Meiosis entry; Pleurodeles waltl; Sex differentiation; Steroids

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 26B1; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DMC1; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE 2; RETINOIC ACID; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME REPRESSION; FEMALE; GERM CELL; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MESONEPHROS; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLEURODELES WALTL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMPHIBIA; PLEURODELES WALTL; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 66349103083     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21948     Document Type: Article

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