Specific morphogenetic events in mouse external genitalia sex differentiation are responsive/dependent upon androgens and/or estrogens

Differentiation

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 269-279

  Rodriguez, Esequiel ^a   Weiss, Dana A ^a   Ferretti, Max ^a   Wang, Hong ^b   Menshenia, Julia ^a   Risbridger, Gail ^b   Handelsman, David ^c   Cunha, Gerald ^a   Baskin, Laurence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ANZAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Estrogen receptors; External genitalia; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CLITORIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONADECTOMY; MALE; MASCULINITY; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PENIS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GENITALIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MORPHOGENESIS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

MUS;

EID: 84866008184     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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