Cremaster muscle myogenesis in the tip of the rat gubernaculum supports active gubernacular elongation during inguinoscrotal testicular descent

Journal of Urology

Volumn 186, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2011, Pages 1606-1613

  Sanders, Nicholas ^a   Buraundi, Silverton ^a   Balic, Adam ^a   Southwell, Bridget R ^a   Hutson, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cryptorchidism; fetal development; muscle development; rats; Sprague Dawley; testis

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; FLUTAMIDE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MYOGENIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN 7; PROTEIN MYH1; PROTEIN MYH2; PROTEIN MYH4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7; TROPONIN T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CREMASTER MUSCLE; CRYPTORCHISM; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; GUBERNACULUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCROTUM; TESTIS;

EID: 80052718907     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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