The proximal promoter region of the zebrafish gsdf gene is sufficient to mimic the spatio-temporal expression pattern of the endogenous gene in sertoli and granulosa cells

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1240-1251

  Gautier, Aude ^a   Sohm, Frédéric ^b   Joly, Jean Stéphane ^c   Le Gac, Florence ^a   Lareyre, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a Campus de Beaulieu   (France)

^b UMS 1374 AMAGEN INRA   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Gonad; Granulosa; GSDF; Medaka; Sertoli cells; Testis; Transgenic; Transgenic knockout model; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEREGULATION; DNA BINDING MOTIF; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONADAL SOMA DERIVED FACTOR GENE; GRANULOSA CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GRANULOSA CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; ORYZIAS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SERTOLI CELLS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSGENES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; ORYZIINAE; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84855412667     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.091892     Document Type: Article

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