The wilms tumor gene, Wt1, maintains testicular cord integrity by regulating the expression of Col4a1 and Col4a2

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Su Ren ^a,b   Chen, Min ^a   Wang, Xiao Na ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Wen, Qing ^a   Ji, Shao Yang ^a   Zheng, Qiao Song ^a   Gao, Fei ^a   Liu, Yi Xun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Col4a1; Col4a2; Sertoli cell; SOX9; Testicular cords; WT1

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CLAUDIN 11; COL4A1 PROTEIN; COL4A2 PROTEIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; WT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BINDING SITE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; MALE; MOUSE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; FEMALE; GENES, WILMS TUMOR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84877057514     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.105379     Document Type: Article

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