SRY induced TCF21 genome-wide targets and cascade of bHLH factors during sertoli cell differentiation and male sex determination in rats1

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Bhandari, Ramji K ^a   Schinke, Ellyn N ^a   Haque, Md M ^a   Sadler Riggleman, Ingrid ^a   Skinner, Michael K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix; Cell differentiation; ChIP Chip; Scleraxis; Scx; Sertoli cells; Sex determination; SRY; Testis development

Indexed keywords

TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSFERRIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SCX PROTEIN, RAT; SRY PROTEIN, RAT; TCF21 PROTEIN, RAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; OVARY; PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVARY; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SERTOLI CELLS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84877678816     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.099663     Document Type: Article

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