Prenatal development of murine gonads with special reference to germ cell differentiation: A morphological and immunohistochemical study

Andrologia

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 93-100

  Zayed, A E ^a,b   Abd Elnaeim, M M ^a,b   Abd Elghaffar, S Kh ^a   Hild, A ^b   Brehm, R ^b   Steger, K ^b,c  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Germ cells; Immunohistochemistry; Morphology mouse

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; HORMONE ANTIBODY; M2A ANTIGEN; MUELLERIAN HORMONE ANTIBODY; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GERM CELL; GONAD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MITOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUNICA ALBUGINEA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; OVARY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTICULAR HORMONES; TESTIS;

EID: 34547829337     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2007.00771.x     Document Type: Article

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