Male accessory sex organ morphogenesis is altered by loss of function of Hoxd-13.

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199704)208:4<454::AID-AJA2>3.0.CO;2-H

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Male accessory sex organ morphogenesis is altered by loss of function of Hoxd-13.

Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists - 1 Apr 1997

Podlasek C A, Duboule D, Bushman W

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The role of the Hox gene Hoxd-13 in postnatal morphogenesis of the male accessory sex organs was examined by correlating the distribution and temporal regulation of expression in the accessory sex organs of postnatal mice with morphologic abnormalities of Hoxd-13-deficient transgenic mice. Previo...

Topics

Animals
Genitalia, Male
Homeodomain Proteins
Male
Mice
Mice, Transgenic
Morphogenesis
Mutation
Prostate
Seminal Vesicles
Transcription Factors

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