Constitutive activation of NOTCH1 signaling in Sertoli cells causes gonocyte exit from quiescence

Developmental Biology

Volumn 377, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 188-201

  Garcia, Thomas Xavier ^a,d   DeFalco, Tony ^b,c   Capel, Blanche ^b   Hofmann, Marie Claude ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CYP26B1; GDNF; Gonocyte; Notch signaling; Sertoli cell; Testis development

Indexed keywords

NOTCH1 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP26B1 GENE; FETUS; GDNF GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GONOCYTE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SERTOLI CELL; SOX9 GENE; STRA8 GENE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

MUS;

EID: 84876336801     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.01.031     Document Type: Article

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