SOX9 regulates microRNA miR-202-5p/3p expression during mouse testis differentiation

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Wainwright, Elanor N ^a   Jorgensen, Joan S ^b   Kim, Youngha ^b   Truong, Vy ^a   Bagheri Fam, Stefan ^c   Davidson, Tara ^a   Svingen, Terje ^a,e   Fernandez Valverde, Selene L ^a,b   McClelland, Kathryn S ^a   Taft, Ryan J ^a   Harley, Vincent R ^c   Koopman, Peter ^a   Wilhelm, Dagmar ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

microRNAs; Mouse gonad development; Testis differentiation; Transcriptional regulation; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 202 3P; MICRORNA 202 5P; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SF1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MIRN202 MICRORNA, MOUSE; SOX9 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; EMBRYO; EX VIVO STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS DIFFERENTIATION; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE GONAD DEVELOPMENT; ORGANOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MICRORNAS; MOUSE GONAD DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MICE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICRORNAS; ORGANOGENESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SERTOLI CELLS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84886909884     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.110155     Document Type: Article

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