Expression of c-Kit receptor mRNA and protein in the developing, adult and irradiated rodent testis

Reproduction

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 489-499

  Prabhu, Sridurga Mithra ^a   Meistrich, Marvin L ^b   McLaughlin, Eileen A ^c,d   Roman, Shaun D ^c,d   Warne, Sam ^a   Mendis, Sirisha ^a   Itman, Catherine ^a,d   Loveland, Kate Lakoski ^a,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d Australian Government Australian Research Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; MESSENGER RNA; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IRRADIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33645241851     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00968     Document Type: Article

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