Goat RSPO1 over-expression rescues sex-reversal in Rspo1-knockout XX mice but does not perturb testis differentiation in XY or sex-reversed XX mice

Transgenic Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 649-654

  Buscara, Laurine ^a   Montazer Torbati, Fatemeh ^b   Chadi, Sead ^a   Auguste, Aurélie ^b   Laubier, Johann ^a   Chassot, Anne Amandine ^c   Renault, Lauriane ^b   Passet, Bruno ^a   Costa, José ^a   Pannetier, Maëlle ^b   Vilotte, Marthe ^a   Chaboissier, Marie Christine ^c   Vilotte, Jean Luc ^a   Pailhoux, Eric ^b   le Provost, Fabienne ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

BAC; R Spondin1; Sex determination; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; MUS;

RSPO1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; THROMBOSPONDIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; GOAT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GOATS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TESTIS; THROMBOSPONDINS; TRANSGENES; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 69449090773     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-009-9247-2     Document Type: Article

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