Spermatogenesis in immature mammals

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 139-149

  Hamano, Koh Ichi ^a   Sugimoto, Ryo ^a   Takahashi, Hiroshi ^a   Tsujii, Hirotada ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bull; Immature mammals; Mouse; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonial stem cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; CD9 ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; STEM CELL FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

BODY WEIGHT; BULL (MAMMAL); CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMATURITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

EID: 34547844351     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0578.2007.00177.x     Document Type: Review

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