Estrogen represses SOX9 during sex determination in the red-eared slider turtle Trachemys scripta

Developmental Biology

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 305-314

  Barske, Lindsey A ^a   Capel, Blanche ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Gonad; Sex determination; SOX9; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN LHX9; PROTEIN WT1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE INHIBITION; INTERSTITIUM; MALE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE; ANIMAL; GENDER AND SEX; METABOLISM;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; MUS; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TURTLES; WT1 PROTEINS;

EID: 77951228439     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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