Pituitary gonadotropins regulate spermatogonial differentiation and proliferation in the rat

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-92

  Shetty, Jagatpala ^a   Marathe, Gopal K ^a   Ramaswamy, Suresh ^a   Dighe, Rajan R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

antibodies; DNA synthesis; gonadotropins; spermatogonial proliferation

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; GERM CELL; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

EID: 0029956129     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02716814     Document Type: Article

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