Percoll fractionation of adult mouse spermatogonia improves germ cell transplantation

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-98

  Koh, Kyu Bom ^a   Komiyama, Masatoshi ^a   Toyama, Yoshiro ^a   Adachi, Tetsuya ^b   Mori, Chisato ^a,c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germ cell transplantation; Green fluorescent protein; Mice; Percoll fractionation; Spermatogenic cells

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; FRACTIONATION; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RECIPIENT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; CELL FRACTIONATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS;

EID: 2942635113     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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