Human recombinant stem cell factor promotes spermatogonial proliferation, but not meiosis initiation in organ culture of newt testis fragments

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 294, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 695-699

  Abé, Keisuke ^a   Jin, Yan ^a   Yamamoto, Takashi ^a   Abé, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meiosis initiation; Newt; Organ culture; Spermatogonial proliferation; Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEIOSIS; NEWT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SALAMANDRIDAE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELL FACTOR; TESTIS;

MAMMALIA; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 0036290506     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00537-5     Document Type: Article

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