Homeoproteins Six1 and Six4 regulate male sex determination and mouse gonadal development

Developmental Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 416-430

  Fujimoto, Yuka ^a   Tanaka, SatomiS ^a   Yamaguchi, YasukaL ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroki ^a   Kuroki, Shunsuke ^b   Tachibana, Makoto ^b   Shinomura, Mai ^c   Kanai, Yoshiakira ^c   Morohashi, Ken ichirou ^d   Kawakami, Kiyoshi ^e   Nishinakamura, Ryuichi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN FOG2; PROTEIN NR5A1; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX1; TRANSCRTIPTION FACTOR SIX4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SRY GENE; STEM CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANOGENESIS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; SPERMATIC CORD; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TESTIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84883044240     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: 18781551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2013.06.018     Document Type: Article

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