Spermatogonial Stem Cell Biology

Annual Review of Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue , 2003, Pages 105-114

  De Rooij, Dirk G ^a   Van Pelt, Ans M M ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Cell lines; GDNF; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonial stem cells; Testis; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CELL MARKER; FOLLITROPIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN RET; TESTOSTERONE;

CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL SUSPENSION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; SERTOLI CELL; SERUM; SHORT SURVEY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 1942520414     PISSN: 18068774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5016/1806-8774.2003v5p105     Document Type: Short Survey

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