Stem cell and niche development in the postnatal rat testis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 253-263

  Ryu, Buom Yong ^a   Orwig, Kyle E ^a,b   Avarbock, Mary R ^a   Brinster, Ralph L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Fertility; Niche; Rat; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonial stem cell; Stem cell; Testis; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; FERTILITY; GENOTYPE; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RECIPIENT; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; TESTIS; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0242302426     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.07.010     Document Type: Article

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