An illustrated anatomical ontology of the developing mouse lower urogenital tract

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1893-1908

  Georgas, Kylie M ^a   Armstrong, Jane ^b   Keast, Janet R ^c   Larkins, Christine E ^d   McHugh, Kirk M ^e   Southard Smith, E Michelle ^f   Cohn, Martin J ^d   Batourina, Ekatherina ^g   Dan, Hanbin ^g   Schneider, Kerry ^g   Buehler, Dennis P ^f   Wiese, Carrie B ^f   Brennan, Jane ^b   Davies, Jamie A ^b   Harding, Simon D ^h   Baldock, Richard A ^h   Little, Melissa H ^a,j   Vezina, Chad M ⁱ   Mendelsohn, Cathy ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^h WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^j MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Bladder; External genitalia; Genital tubercle; Lower reproductive tract; Lower urinary tract; Mouse embryogenesis; Murine urogenital system development; Pelvic ganglion; Pelvic urethra; Phallic urethra; Prostate gland; Trigone; Ureter; Urethra; Urethral plate; Urogenital sinus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; ANATOMY ONTOLOGY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; CLITORIS; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DEVELOPMENT; ECTODERM; ENDODERM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PELVIS GANGLION; PENIS; PREPUTIAL GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRA; UROGENITAL SINUS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; UROTHELIUM; VAGINA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; EMBRYOLOGY; URINARY TRACT;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

ANIMALS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY TRACT; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84929206949     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.117903     Document Type: Article

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