Transgenic mouse analysis of Sry expression during the pre- and peri-implantation stage

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 241, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1192-1204

  Silversides, David W ^a   Raiwet, Diana L ^b   Souchkova, Ouliana ^b   Viger, Robert S ^c   Pilon, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Epiblast; Male specific maturation factor; Nanog; Oct4; Pluripotency; Promoter; Sox2; SRY

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERIMPLANTATION STAGE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; POLYADENYLATION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SWINE;

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84862334235     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.23798     Document Type: Article

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