FOXL2 and BMP2 act cooperatively to regulate follistatin gene expression during ovarian development

Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 272-280

  Kashimada, Kenichi ^a   Pelosi, Emanuele ^b   Chen, Huijun ^a   Schlessinger, David ^b   Wilhelm, Dagmar ^a   Koopman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; FOLLISTATIN; FORKHEAD DOMAIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR L2; MESSENGER RNA; NOGGIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT4 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FOLLISTATIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC MARKERS; MICE; OVARY;

EID: 78650840062     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0636     Document Type: Article

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