Spatial expression of germ cell markers during maturation of human fetal male gonads: An immunohistochemical study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 397-404

  Pauls, Katharina ^a,c   Schorle, Hubert ^a   Jeske, Wiebke ^a   Brehm, Ralph ^b   Steger, Klaus ^b   Wernert, Nicolas ^a   Büttner, Reinhard ^a   Zhou, Hui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Institut für Pathologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

AP 2 ; Gonocyte; M2A; MAGE A4; Pre spermatogonia

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; MELANOMA ANTIGEN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; ONCOFETAL ANTIGEN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GERM CELL; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

EID: 31544452775     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei325     Document Type: Article

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