Development of the external genitalia: Conserved and divergent mechanisms of appendage patterning

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 240, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1108-1115

  Cohn, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendages; Digits; Genital tubercle; Limb bud; Urethra

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; BETA CATENIN; EPHRIN B2; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 10; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 6; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN DKK2; PROTEIN HOXA13; PROTEIN HOXD13; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT11 PROTEIN; WNT2B PROTEIN; WNT3 PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN; WNT8C PROTEIN; WNT9B PROTEIN;

CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL POLARITY; CLITEROMEGALY; CLITORIS; CLOACA; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; ENDODERM; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENITAL TUBERCLE; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MESENCHYME CELL; MESODERM; MICROPENIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PENIS; PHENOTYPE; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTICULAR FEMINIZATION; TISSUE GROWTH; UROTHELIUM; VAGINA DISEASE; VIRILIZATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIMB BUDS; MALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URETHRA; WNT PROTEINS;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 79954996838     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22631     Document Type: Review

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