Micrornas-140-5p/140-3p modulate leydig cell numbers in the developing mouse testis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Rakoczy, Joanna ^a   Fernandez Valverde, Selene L ^a   Glazov, Evgeny A ^a   Wainwright, Elanor N ^a   Sato, Tempei ^b   Takada, Shuji ^b   Combes, Alexander N ^a   Korbie, Darren J ^a   Miller, David ^a   Grimmond, Sean M ^a   Little, Melissa H ^a   Asahara, Hiroshi ^b   Mattick, John S ^a,c   Taft, Ryan J ^a   Wilhelm, Dagmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gonad development; High throughput sequencing; MicroRNA; Sex determination; Strand selection; Testis differentiation

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 140; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MICRORNA; SEX DETERMINATION; STRAND SELECTION; TESTIS DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICRORNAS; TESTIS;

EID: 84882261458     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.107607     Document Type: Article

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