Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) receptor expression and role of HGF during embryonic mouse testis development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 340-347

  Ricci, G ^a   Catizone, A ^a   Innocenzi, A ^a   Galdieri, M ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

c MET; HGF SF; Mouse testis; Testis development

Indexed keywords

SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032760516     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9505     Document Type: Article

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