Antagonism of the testis- and ovary-determining pathways during ovotestis development in mice

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 126, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 324-336

  Wilhelm, Dagmar ^a   Washburn, Linda L ^b   Truong, Vy ^a   Fellous, Marc ^c   Eicher, Eva M ^b   Koopman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

Author keywords

FOXL2; Gonad differentiation; Sex determination; SOX9; SRY

Indexed keywords

FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN FOXL2; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RSPO1 GENE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MICE; OVARY; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 67349103763     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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