The delicate balance between male and female sex determining pathways: Potential for disruption of early steps in sexual development

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 252-258

  Koopman, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Disorders of sex differentiation; DSD; Germ cells

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; WNT4 PROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SRY GENE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; ANORCHIA; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CRYPTORCHISM; GENE DISRUPTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GONADS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; LIPOCALINS; MALE; MICE; OVARY; SERTOLI CELLS; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TESTIS;

EID: 77949622427     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2009.01001.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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