A high-resolution molecular atlas of the fetal mouse lower urogenital tract

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 240, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2364-2377

  Abler, Lisa L ^a   Keil, Kimberly P ^a   Mehta, Vatsal ^a   Joshi, Pinak S ^a   Schmitz, Christopher T ^a   Vezina, Chad M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Mouse; Prostate; Seminal vesicle; Urethra; Urogenital sinus; Urothelium; Vagina; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; EJACULATORY DUCT; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL VESICLE; STROMA; URETHRA; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; ATLASES AS TOPIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RNA, MESSENGER; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 80052965910     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22730     Document Type: Article

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