Molecular mechanisms utilized by alternative c-kit gene products in the control of spermatogonial proliferation and sperm-mediated egg activation

Andrologia

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-78

  Rossi, Pellegrino ^a   Dolci, S ^a   Sette, C ^a   Geremia, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

c kit; Cell cycle; Egg activation; Fertilization; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonia; Stem cell factor; Tyrosine kinases

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; 2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; GENE PRODUCT; STEM CELL FACTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; INTRON; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PROTO ONCOGENE; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OOCYTES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0037325093     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2003.00539.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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