Heterogeneity in sexual bipotentiality and plasticity of granulosa cells in developing mouse ovaries

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 126, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2834-2844

  Harikae, Kyoko ^a   Miura, Kento ^a   Shinomura, Mai ^a   Matoba, Shogo ^a   Hiramatsu, Ryuji ^a   Tsunekawa, Naoki ^a   Kanai Azuma, Masami ^b   Kurohmaru, Masamichi ^a   Morohashi, Ken ichirou ^c   Kanai, Yoshiakira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bipotentiality; Granulosa cells; Ovary; Plasticity; Sox9; Sry

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; FEMALE; GONAD; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SOMATIC CELL; SRY GENE;

BIPOTENTIALITY; GRANULOSA CELLS; OVARY; PLASTICITY; SOX9; SRY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GRANULOSA CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; OVARY; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84880650797     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.122663     Document Type: Article

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