R-spondin1, WNT4, and the ctnnb1 signaling pathway: Strict control over ovarian differentiation

Reproduction

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2014, Pages R97-R110

  Chassot, Anne Amine ^a,b   Gillot, Isabelle ^a,b   Chaboissier, Marie Christine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYP26B1 PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450; FOXL PROTEIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LGR4 PROTEIN; LGR5 PROTEIN; LGR6 PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; R SPONDIN1 PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; SF1 PROTEIN; SYNDECAN 4; THROMBOSPONDIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT4 PROTEIN; CTNNB1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; RSPO1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; WNT4 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

AMPHIBIA; APOPTOSIS; BIRD; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE TO MALE SEX REVERSAL; GERM CELL; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; OVARIAN DIFFERENTIATION; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PLANAR CELL POLARITY; REPTILE; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; SRY GENE; TELEOST; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; DISORDER OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; OVARY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

46, XX TESTICULAR DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, ANIMAL; MORPHOGENESIS; OVARY; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBOSPONDINS; WNT4 PROTEIN;

EID: 84913532910     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-14-0177     Document Type: Review

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