Dynamics of Notch Pathway Expression during Mouse Testis Post-Natal Development and along the Spermatogenic Cycle

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Murta, Daniel ^a   Batista, Marta ^a   Silva, Elisabete ^a   Trindade, Alexandre ^a,b   Henrique, Domingos ^c   Duarte, António ^a,b   Lopes da Costa, Luís ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA1 PROTEIN; DELTA4 PROTEIN; JAGGED1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; NOTCH2 RECEPTOR; NOTCH3 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRARP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREPUBERTY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84883404801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072767     Document Type: Article

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