Embryonic mouse testis development: Role of platelet derived growth factor (PDGF-BB)

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 458-467

  Ricci, G ^a   Catizone, A ^b   Galdieri, M ^a,c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Dip Istologia ed Embriologia Medica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB RECEPTOR ALPHA; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB RECEPTOR BETA; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONAD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYME; MESONEPHROS; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS SIZE; UROGENITAL SINUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MORPHOGENESIS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TESTIS;

EID: 3442887352     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20035     Document Type: Article

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