Loss of R-spondin1 and Foxl2 amplifies female-to-male sex reversal in XX mice

Sexual Development

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 304-317

  Auguste, A ^a   Chassot, A A ^b,c   Gregoire E P ^b,c   Renault, L ^a   Pannetier, M ^a   Treier, M ^d   Pailhoux, E ^a   Chaboissier, M C ^b,c  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foxl2; Mouse; Ovarian differentiation; R spondin1; XX sex reversal

Indexed keywords

MUS; VERTEBRATA;

FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXL2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; RSPO1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; THROMBOSPONDIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER;

ANIMALS; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENOTYPE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; THROMBOSPONDINS;

EID: 84857046244     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334517     Document Type: Article

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