Sex determination and the control of Sox9 expression in mammals

FEBS Journal

Volumn 278, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1002-1009

  Jakob, Susanne ^a   Lovell Badge, Robin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

beta catenin; Fgf9; Foxl2; gene regulatory network; gonad sex reversal; sex determination; Sf1; Sry; TESCO; transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; PROTEIN; R SPONDIN 1 PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXL2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT4 PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GONAD; HUMAN; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; SRY GENE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; GONADS; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; MICE; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; SERTOLI CELLS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79952857195     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08029.x     Document Type: Review

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