Developmental expression of Smoc1 and Smoc2 suggests potential roles in fetal gonad and reproductive tract differentiation

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2877-2890

  Pazin, Dorothy E ^a   Albrecht, Kenneth H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonad development; Granulosa cell; Hedgehog; Leydig cell; Ovary; Reproductive tract; Sertoli cell; Smoc1; Smoc2; Testis

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN; WT1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GRANULOSA CELL; KIDNEY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MESONEPHROS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SF1 GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOC1 GENE; SMOC2 GENE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; KIDNEY; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MESONEPHROS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OSTEONECTIN; OVARY; SERTOLI CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRETINOIN; UP-REGULATION; WNT PROTEINS; WT1 PROTEINS;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 70350743145     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22124     Document Type: Article

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