The proto-oncogene Ret is required for male foetal germ cell survival

Developmental Biology

Volumn 365, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-109

  Miles, Denise C ^a   van den Bergen, Jocelyn A ^b   Wakeling, Stephanie I ^a   Anderson, Richard B ^b   Sinclair, Andrew H ^b   Western, Patrick S ^a  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

GDNF; Germ cells; RET

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN RET;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO; FETAL GERM CELL; FETUS; GDNF GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE RET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

MUS;

EID: 84863395399     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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