Regulated production of SnoN2 is a feature of testicular differentiation

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 833-844

  Itman, Catherine ^a,b   Whiley, Pennya F ^a,b   Zhou, Wei ^c   Meistrich, Marvin ^c   Sahin, Zeliha ^a,d   Loveland, Kate Lakoski ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Government Australian Research Council   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Activin; Development; Skil; SMAD; Spermatogenesis; Testis; TGF

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CELL PROLIFERATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; LIGANDS;

ACTIVIN; DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELLS; INTERSTITIALS; SKIL; SMAD; SOMATIC CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TGFΒ;

PHOSPHORYLATION;

PROTEIN SNON2; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

RATTUS;

EID: 70449491931     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20739     Document Type: Article

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