A cell-autonomous role for WT1 in regulating Sry in vivo

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 3429-3438

  Bradford, Stephen T ^a   Wilhelm, Dagmar ^a   Bandiera, Roberto ^b,c   Vidal, Valerie ^b,c   Schedl, Andreas ^b,c   Koopman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; MESSENGER RNA; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; WT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; SERTOLI CELL; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TESTIS; WT1 PROTEINS;

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EID: 69449086706     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp283     Document Type: Article

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