Expression of metanephric nephron-patterning genes in differentiating mesonephric tubules

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 240, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1600-1612

  Georgas, K M ^a   Chiu, H S ^a   Lesieur, E ^a   Rumballe, B A ^a   Little, Melissa H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Efferent duct; Gene expression; Male reproductive tract; Mesonephros; Metanephros; Nephron

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE BALANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GLOMERULUS; HENLE LOOP; KIDNEY DISTAL TUBULE; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MARKER GENE; MESONEPHROS; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESONEPHROS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEPHRONS; ORGANOGENESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMNIOTA; MURINAE;

EID: 79955745964     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22640     Document Type: Article

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