FOXL2, le gardien de l′identité ovarienne

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 470-473

  Pannetier, Maëlle ^a   Pailhoux, Eric ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXL2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FOXL2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; SEX HORMONE; SOX9 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SOX9 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ANIMAL; ARTIODACTYLA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NOTE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; TESTIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; ARTIODACTYLA; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVARY; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TESTIS;

EID: 77955493643     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: 19585381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2010265470     Document Type: Article

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