Intratesticular signals for progression of germ cell stages in vertebrates

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 220-228

  Cobellis, Gilda ^a   Meccariello, Rosaria ^a   Pierantoni, Riccardo ^a   Fasano, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intratesticular signals; Spermatogenesis; Spermiogenesis; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN KINASE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DNA STRUCTURE; EJACULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GERM CELL; GONADORELIN GENE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT GENE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0344851636     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00281-8     Document Type: Short Survey

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