Disruption of mitotic arrest precedes precocious differentiation and transdifferentiation of pregranulosa cells in the perinatal Wnt4 mutant ovary

Developmental Biology

Volumn 383, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 295-306

  Maatouk, Danielle M ^a,d   Mork, Lindsey ^a,e   Chassot, Anne Amandine ^b,c   Chaboissier, Marie Christine ^b,c   Capel, Blanche ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Meiotic germ cells; Ovary; Rspo1; Sex determination; Sox9; Wnt4

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN RSPO1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT4 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; GERM CELL; MALE; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGRANULOSA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; UPREGULATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84885844011     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.08.026     Document Type: Article

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