Production of functional spermatids from mouse germline stem cells in ectopically reconstituted seminiferous tubules

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-217

  Kita, Kaoru ^a   Watanabe, Takeshi ^a   Ohsaka, Kimito ^a   Hayashi, Hirofumi ^a   Kubota, Yoshinobu ^a   Nagashima, Yoji ^a   Aoki, Ichiro ^a   Taniguchi, Hideki ^a   Noce, Toshiaki ^b   Inoue, Kimiko ^c   Miki, Hiromi ^c   Ogonuki, Narumi ^c   Tanaka, Hiromitsu ^d   Ogura, Atsuo ^c   Ogawa, Takehiko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Gametogenesis; Meiosis; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonial stem cell; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC ORGAN; FERTILIZATION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GERM CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, SCID; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RATS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELLS; SWINE; TESTIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

MAMMALIA; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 33846855100     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.056895     Document Type: Article

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