Study of the potential spermatogonial stem cell compartment in dogfish testis, Scyliorhinus canicula L.

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 332, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 533-542

  Loppion, Geraldine ^a,b   Crespel, Amélie ^a   Martinez, Anne Sophie ^a   Auvray, Pierrïck ^b   Sourdaine, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b CRIS Pharma   (France)

Author keywords

Lesser spotted dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula (Elasmobrachii); Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonia

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CYCLINE; FODRIN; SPECTRIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; DOGFISH; DROSOPHILA; IMMUNODETECTION; MALE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; STEM CELL EXPANSION; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; DOGFISH; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MITOSIS; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SPECTRIN; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

RODENTIA; SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 43549098224     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-008-0590-z     Document Type: Article

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