Stem cells in the testis

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 67-80

  De Rooij, Dirk G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell cycle regulation; Differentiation; Gonocytes; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonia; Stem cells; Testis

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 0031971972     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2613.1998.00057.x     Document Type: Review

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