Nephric duct insertion is a crucial step in urinary tract maturation that is regulated by a Gata3-Raldh2-Ret molecular network in mice

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2089-2097

  Chia, Ian ^a   Grote, David ^b   Marcotte, Michael ^b   Batourina, Ekaterina ^a   Mendelsohn, Cathy ^a   Bouchard, Maxime ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gata3; Hydronephrosis; Lower urinary tract; Mouse; Nephric duct; Ret signaling; Retinoids

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN RALDH 2; PROTEIN RET; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLOACA; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MATURATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URETER; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; CLOACA; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MORPHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URINARY TRACT;

MUS;

EID: 79955561989     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.056838     Document Type: Article

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