Antagonists to the Wnt cascade exhibit sex-specific expression in gonads of sexually mature shovelnose sturgeon

Sexual Development

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 308-315

  Amberg, J J ^a   Goforth, R R ^a   Sepulveda M S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dact1; dkk1; dmrt1; Fish; foxl2; Scaphirhynchus platorynchus; Sex; Sturgeon; Wnt cascade

Indexed keywords

DACT1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OVARY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

SCAPHIRHYNCHUS; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS PLATORYNCHUS;

EID: 84891062831     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000354280     Document Type: Article

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