Regulation of germ cell and sertoli cell development by activin, follistatin, and FSH

Developmental Biology

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 225-237

  Meehan, Terri ^a   Schlatt, Stefan ^b   O'Bryan, Moira K ^a   De Kretser, David M ^a   Loveland, Kate Lakoski ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activin; Follistatin; FSH; Gonocyte; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BROXURIDINE; FOLLISTATIN; FOLLITROPIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELL MATURATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEREOLOGY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034655352     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9625     Document Type: Article

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