Gonadal development

Endocrine Development

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-16

  Lucas Herald, Angela K ^a   Bashamboo, Anu ^b  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EMX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; WNT PROTEIN; WT1 PROTEIN;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ALPHA THALASSEMIA MENTAL RETARDATION SYNDROME X LINKED GENE; AMBIGUOUS GENITALIA; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; CAMPOMELIC DYSPLASIA; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOBOX HOMOLOG 2 GENE; CRYPTORCHISM; DENYS DRASH SYNDROME; DESERT HEDGEHOG GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DISORDER OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLESEX AND MAB 3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1 GENE; EMPTY SPIRACLES HOMEOBOX GENE 2; ENHANCER REGION; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2 GENE; FRASIER SYNDROME; FRIEND OF GATA 2 GENE; GATA BINDING PROTEIN 4 GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIM HOMEOBOX GENE 9; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MISSENSE MUTATION; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 5 GROUP A MEMBER 1 GENE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; R SPONDIN FAMILY 1 GENE; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SRY GENE; SRY RELATED HMG BOX 9 GENE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; WILMS TUMOR SUPPRESSOR 1 GENE; WINGLESS TYPE MMTV INTREGRATION SITE FAMILY MEMBER 4 GENE; X CHROMOSOME; XX GONADAL DYSGENESIS; XY GONADAL DYSGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; TESTIS;

DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVARY; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; TESTIS;

EID: 84925713744     PISSN: 14217082     EISSN: 16622979     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000363608     Document Type: Article

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