Stem cell factor and c-kit in the mammalian testis: Lessons originating from Mother Nature's gene knockouts

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 337-344

  Loveland, K L ^a,b   Schlatt, S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR;

EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; MAMMAL; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SPERMATOZOA; STEM CELL FACTOR; TESTIS;

EID: 0030975886     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1530337     Document Type: Review

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