Functional analysis of ectodermal β-catenin during external genitalia formation

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-41

  Mazahery, Ahmad Reza ^a,b   Suzuki, Kentaro ^a,b   Nagafuchi, Akira ^c   Miyajima, Masayasu ^a   Nakagata, Naomi ^b   Orvis, Grant D ^d   Behringer, Richard R ^d   Yamada, Gen ^a,b  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

catenin; Cell adhesion; Cell proliferation; External genitalia; Hypospadias

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; F ACTIN; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; PLAKOGLOBIN; WNT7A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; URETHRA;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENITALIA; MICE;

EID: 84875030678     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cga.12001     Document Type: Article

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