Stage-specific expression of the Kit receptor and its ligand (KL) during male gametogenesis in the mouse: A Kit-KL interaction critical for meiosis

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 4585-4593

  Vincent, Stéphane ^a   Segretain, Dominique ^b   Nishikawa, Satomi ^c   Nishikawa, Shin Ichi ^c   Sage, Julien ^a   Cuzin, Françols ^a   Rassoulzadegan, Minoo ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Kit ligand; Kit receptor; Meiosis; Mouse; Seminiferous epithelium

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GENE EXPRESSION; HAPLOIDY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PERIODICITY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL FACTOR; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0031699406     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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