Gene expression in the efferent ducts, epididymis, and vas deferens during embryonic development of the mouse

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 239, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2479-2491

  Snyder, Elizabeth M ^a   Small, Christopher L ^a   Bomgardner, Daniela ^b   Xu, Bingfang ^b   Evanoff, Ryan ^a   Griswold, Michael D ^a   Hinton, Barry T ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Efferent duct; Epididymis; Male reproductive tract; Microarray; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CADHERIN 2; INTEGRIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT DUCT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MESENCHYME; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; EJACULATORY DUCTS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 77956291005     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22378     Document Type: Article

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