Regulation of proliferation and differentiation in spermatogonial stem cells: The role of c-kit and its ligand SCF

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2125-2131

  Ohta, Hiroshi ^a   Yomogida, Kentaro ^a   Dohmae, Kayoko ^a,b   Nishimune, Yoshitake ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MUKOGAWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

c kit; Mouse; SCF; Spermatogenesis; Steel; Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; MALE; MALE STERILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0034130381     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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