Current knowledge in the renewal capability of germ cells in the adult ovary

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-95

  Oktem, Ozgur ^a   Oktay, Kutluk ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HUMAN REPRODUCTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamete; Oocyte; Oogonia; Ovary; Primordial germ cell; Regeneration; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

BONE MARROW CELL; CELL MIGRATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL RENEWAL; GAMETE; GAMETOCYTE; GERM CELL; GONAD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; OVARY CELL CULTURE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARY; STEM CELLS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 63849343341     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.20143     Document Type: Review

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