Regulation of sertoli cell and germ cell differentation

Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology

Volumn 181, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-93

  Brehm, R ^a   Steger, K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GERM CELL TUMOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; TESTIS; TESTIS TUMOR;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GERM CELLS; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATIDS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 33644793835     PISSN: 03015556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
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