Testis development requires the repression of Wnt4 by Fgf signaling

Developmental Biology

Volumn 370, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-32

  Jameson, Samantha A ^a   Lin, Yi Tzu ^a   Capel, Blanche ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipotential; Fgf9; Ovary; Sex determination; Testis; Wnt4

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FGF GENE; FGF9 GENE; FGFR2 GENE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE; UPREGULATION; WNT4 GENE;

EID: 84865632135     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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