siRNA-mediated silencing of c-kit in mouse primary spermatogonial cells induces cell cycle arrest

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Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-160

  Sikarwar, Arun P ^a   Reddy, K V R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; PROTEOMICS; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE SILENCING; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MALE; MASTOCYTOMA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SPERMATOGONIA; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; TRANSFECTION;

MURINAE;

EID: 47649133635     PISSN: 15454576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/oli.2008.0108     Document Type: Article

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