Transmembrane versus soluble stem cell factor expression in human testis

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 579-585

  Fox, Rachael A ^a   Sigman, Mark ^a   Boekelheide, Kim ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

c Kit; Infertility; Spermatogenesis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

BIOPSY; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SOLUBILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL FACTOR; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033918912     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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