Marker genes identify three somatic cell types in the fetal mouse ovary

Developmental Biology

Volumn 394, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 242-252

  Rastetter, Raphael H ^a   Bernard, Pascal ^a   Palmer, James S ^b   Chassot, Anne Amandine ^c,d   Chen, Huijun ^b   Western, Patrick S ^e   Ramsay, Robert G ^f   Chaboissier, Marie Christine ^c,d   Wilhelm, Dagmar ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

^e HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foxl2; Lgr5; Nr2f2; Ovary; Rspo1; Wnt4

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PROTEIN FOXL2; PROTEIN LGR5; PROTEIN NR2F2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXL2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GENETIC MARKER; LGR5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NR2F2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LABELING; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FOXL2 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GRANULOSA CELL; LGR5 GENE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MARKER GENE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NR2F2 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMATIC CELL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; COUP TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR II; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC MARKERS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OVARY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 84908391385     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.08.013     Document Type: Article

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