Dickkopf Homolog 3 (DKK3) Plays a Crucial Role Upstream of WNT/β-CATENIN Signaling for Sertoli Cell Mediated Regulation of Spermatogenesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Das, Deepika Sharma ^a   Wadhwa, Neerja ^a   Kunj, Neetu ^a   Sarda, Kanchan ^a   Pradhan, Bhola Shankar ^a   Majumdar, Subeer S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CELL MARKER; DICKKOPF HOMOLOG 3 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROUPS BY AGE; HAPLORHINI; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PUBERTY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GERM CELLS; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84877131537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063603     Document Type: Article

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