GADD45G Functions in Male Sex Determination by Promoting p38 Signaling and Sry Expression

Developmental Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1032-1042

  Gierl, Mathias S ^a   Gruhn, Wolfram H ^a,b   von Seggern, Annika ^a   Maltry, Nicole ^b   Niehrs, Christof ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Armenia)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADD45G PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PROTEIN; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; FEMALE; MALE; MALE DETERMINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, SRY; GONADAL DYSGENESIS, 46,XY; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TESTIS;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84869083576     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: 18781551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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