Sex-specific expression of CTNNB1 in the gonadal morphogenesis of the chicken

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bae, Seung Min ^a   Lim, Whasun ^a   Jeong, Wooyoung ^a   Lee, Jin Young ^a   Kim, Jinyoung ^b   Bazer, Fuller W ^c   Song, Gwonhwa ^d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chicken; CTNNB1; Gonad; Sertoli cell; Testis

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CYCLIN D1; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HATCHING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVIDUCT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

GALLUS GALLUS; MUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CYCLIN D1; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADS; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; OVARY; OVIDUCTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; TESTIS;

EID: 84883643987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-11-89     Document Type: Article

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