Diverse functions of hedgehog signaling in formation and physiology of steroidogenic organs

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 489-496

  Huang, Chen Che Jeff ^a   Yao, Humphrey Hung Chang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPAMINE; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; PROTEIN PATCHED 2; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3;

ADRENAL GLAND; AGENESIS; ALLELE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; ORGANOGENESIS; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; FEMALE; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; MALE; OVARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 77954477962     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21174     Document Type: Review

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