Reproliferation and relocation of mouse male germ cells (gonocytes) during prespermatogenesis

Anatomical Record

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 210-220

  Nagano, Reiko ^a   Tabata, Shoji ^b   Nakanishi, Yoshihiko ^c   Ohsako, Seiichiroh ^d   Kurohmaru, Masamichi ^a   Hayashi, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

BrdU immunohistochemistry; Gonocyte; Prespermatogenesis; Relocation; Reproliferation

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034141206     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(20000201)258:2<210::AID-AR10>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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