Function of stem cell factor as a survival factor of spermatogonia and localization of messenger ribonucleic acid in the rat seminiferous epithelium

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1492-1498

  Hakovirta, Harri ^a,b   Wei, Yan ^a   Kaleva, Marko ^a   Zhang, Fuping ^a   Vänttinen, Katariina ^a   Morris, Patricia L ^b   Söder, Molle ^c   Parvinen, Martti ^a   Toppari, Jorma ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^c Department of Physiology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; THYMIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STAGING;

EID: 0032914010     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.3.6589     Document Type: Article

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