Early gonadogenesis in mammals: Significance of long and narrow gonadal structure

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 242, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 330-338

  Harikae, Kyoko ^a   Miura, Kento ^a   Kanai, Yoshiakira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

FGF9; Gonadogenesis; Mouse; PGCs; Sex differentiation; SOX9; SRY; WNT4

Indexed keywords

DUAL SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASE 6; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EMX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; WNT4 PROTEIN;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GASTRULATION; GONADOGENESIS; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; TESTICULOGENESIS; TESTIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, SRY; GERM CELLS; GONADS; MALE; MAMMALS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TESTIS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84875510162     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.23872     Document Type: Article

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