Inhibition of SRY-calmodulin complex formation induces ectopic expression of ovarian cell markers in developing XY gonads

Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2883-2893

  Sim, Helena ^a   Argentaro, Anthony ^a   Czech, Daniel P ^a,b,c   Bagheri Fam, Stefan ^a   Sinclair, Andrew H ^d   Koopman, Peter ^e   Boizet Bonhoure, Brigitte ^f   Poulat, Francis ^f   Harley, Vincent R ^a,b,c  

^a Molecular Genetics and Development Division   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; CALMODULIN INHIBITOR; CELL MARKER; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; KARYOPHERIN BETA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FATE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRAIN COS7; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR IMPORT; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; OVARY CELL; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; SRY GENE; TESTIS; TRANSIENT TRANSFECTION;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CALMODULIN; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALE; MICE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SPERMATIC CORD; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; THROMBOSPONDINS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 79959464774     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-1475     Document Type: Article

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