Refinement of the differentiated phenotype of the spermatogenic cell line GC-2spd(ts)

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 923-932

  Wolkowicz, Michael J ^a   Coonrod, Scott M ^a   Reddi, P Prabhakara ^a   Millan, Jose Luis ^b   Hofmann, Marie Claude ^c   Herr, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE FUNCTION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029808410     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.4.923     Document Type: Article

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