Gene expression profiling reveals new potential players of gonad differentiation in the chicken embryo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Carré, Gwenn Aël ^a   Couty, Isabelle ^a   Hennequet Antier, Christelle ^b   Govoroun, Marina S ^a  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAMTS12 PROTEIN; ADAMTSL1 PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CFC1 PROTEIN; GREM1 PROTEIN; INHIBIN; NIM1 PROTEIN; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; OSTEOGENIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN FAMILY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GONADS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 80052584956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023959     Document Type: Article

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