Conditional ablation of Gata4 and Fog2 genes in mice reveals their distinct roles in mammalian sexual differentiation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 353, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-241

  Manuylov, N L ^a   Zhou, B ^c,d   Ma, Q ^c,d   Fox, S C ^a   Pu, W T ^c,d,e   Tevosian, S G ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dmrt1; FOG2; GATA4; Sex determination; Testis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN DMRT1; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MAMMAL; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 79955047657     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.02.032     Document Type: Article

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