Gonocytes in testes of neonatal rats express the c-kit gene

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-131

  Orth, Joanne M ^a   Jester Jr , William F ^a   Qiu, Jianping ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

c kit gene; Neonatal gonocytes; Rat testis

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029850419     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199610)45:2<123::AID-MRD3>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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