Gonad differentiation in zebrafish is regulated by the canonical Wnt signaling pathway

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Sreenivasan, Rajini ^a,e,f   Jiang, Junhui ^a,b,g   Wang, Xingang ^a,h   Bártfai, Richárd ^a   Kwan, Hsiao Yuen ^a   Christoffels, Alan ^c   Orbán, László ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Regulatory Administration Group   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^e MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g Tianjin International Joint Academy of Biotechnology and Medicine   (China)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beta catenin; Danio rerio; Reproduction; Sex differentiation; Teleost

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; BETA CATENIN; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; TRANSCRIPTOME; WNT PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE TARGETING; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HEAT SHOCK; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DISORDER OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADS; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; OVARY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84899928148     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.110874     Document Type: Article

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