Genetic regulation of mammalian gonad development

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 673-683

  Eggers, Stefanie ^a   Ohnesorg, Thomas ^a   Sinclair, Andrew ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN RSPO 1; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RNA; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXL2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZFPM2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT4 PROTEIN; MICRORNA;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; UPREGULATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICRORNAS; OVARY; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84908145141     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2014.163     Document Type: Review

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