Stem cell factor and c-Kit in human primordial germ cells and fetal ovaries

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 234, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Høyer, Poul Erik ^a   Byskov, Anne Grete ^b   Møllgård, Kjeld ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Centre for Children's Literature   (Denmark)

Author keywords

c Kit; Folliculogenesis; Immunohistochemistry; Prenatal ovary (human); Primordial germ cells; Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANTIBODY LABELING; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EVALUATION; FETUS; FIBROBLAST; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE; MESENTERY; MESOTHELIUM CELL; NERVE FIBER; OOCYTE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

EID: 17044405852     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2004.09.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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