Expression of miRNAs in ovine fetal gonads: Potential role in gonadal differentiation

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Torley, Katie J ^a   da Silveira, Juliano C ^a   Smith, Peter ^b   Anthony, Russell V ^a   Veeramachaneni, DN Rao ^a   Winger, Quinton A ^a   Bouma, Gerrit J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 22; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT4 PROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ESR1 GENE; ESR2 GENE; FETUS; FST GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OVARY; SHEEP; TESTIS; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

MAMMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADS; MALE; MICRORNAS; OVARY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TESTIS;

EID: 78651087656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-9-2     Document Type: Article

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