Revisiting old vaginal topics: Conversion of the Müllerian vagina and origin of the "sinus" vagina

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 925-934

  Cai, Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Estrogen; Mullerian duct; Prostate; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PROTEIN P63; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; WNT4 PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN;

EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; MESODERM; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VAGINA; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

RODENTIA;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULLERIAN DUCTS; VAGINA;

EID: 70350026833     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.082846yc     Document Type: Review

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