Expression of stem cell factor in the postnatal rat testis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-25

  Munsie, Megan ^a   Schlatt, Stefan ^a   DeKretser, David M ^a   Loveland, Kate Lakoski ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

leydig cell; sertoli cell; spermatogonia

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELL FACTOR; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031001633     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199705)47:1<19::AID-MRD3>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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