FGF signaling directs a center-to-pole expansion of tubulogenesis in mouse testis differentiation

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 303-312

  Hiramatsu, Ryuji ^a,b   Harikae, Kyoko ^a   Tsunekawa, Naoki ^a   Kurohmaru, Masamichi ^a   Matsuo, Isao ^b   Kanai, Yoshiakira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OSAKA GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anteroposterior axis; Fgf9; Gonad; Mouse; Sertoli cell; Sex differentiation; Sox9; Sry

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; WNT4 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TESTIS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 73649109576     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.040519     Document Type: Article

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