Neurogenin3 delineates the earliest stages of spermatogenesis in the mouse testis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 269, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 447-458

  Yoshida, Shosei ^a,b   Takakura, Ayumi ^a   Ohbo, Kazuyuki ^c   Abe, Kuniya ^d   Wakabayashi, Junko ^e   Yamamoto, Masayuki ^e   Suda, Toshio ^c   Nabeshima, Yo Ichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN TSUKUBA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aal; Apr; As; bHLH (basic helix loop helix); c Kit; c Ret; Mouse; ngn3 (neurogenin3); Prespermatogonia; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonia

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; NEUROGENIN 3; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; MATURATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 1942425215     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.01.036     Document Type: Article

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