Epidermal growth factor mediates spermatogonial proliferation in newt testis

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Abé, Keisuke ^a   Eto, Ko ^a   Abé, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEWT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTO ONCOGENE; SALAMANDER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

SALAMANDRIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, ERBB-2; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUREGULIN-1; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SALAMANDRIDAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELL FACTOR; TESTIS;

EID: 41549123249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-6-7     Document Type: Article

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