R-spondins are involved in the ovarian differentiation in a teleost, medaka (Oryzias latipes)

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zhou, Linyan ^a,c   Charkraborty, Tapas ^b   Yu, Xiangguo ^a   Wu, Limin ^a   Liu, Gang ^a   Mohapatra, Sipra ^a   Wang, Deshou ^a   Nagahama, Yoshitaka ^d  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Expression profiles; Molecular cloning; Ovarian differentiation; Rspo1, 2, 3

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; ORYZIAS; ORYZIAS LATIPES; ORYZIINAE; TELEOSTEI;

BETA CATENIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; THROMBOSPONDIN; WNT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; ORYZIAS; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; TESTIS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; ORYZIAS; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; TESTIS; THROMBOSPONDINS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84870518389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-12-36     Document Type: Article

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