The role of stem cell factor and of alternative c-kit gene products in the establishment, maintenance and function of germ cells

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 599-608

  Sette, C ^a   Dolci, S ^a   Geremia, R ^a   Rossi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

c kit; Fertilization; Oogenesis; Spermatogenesis; Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GONADOTROPIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PARTHENOGENESIS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GERM CELLS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MITOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYTES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 0033754885     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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