E-cadherin as a novel surface marker of spermatogonial stem cells

Cell and Tissue Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-109

  Tolkunova, E N ^a,b   Malashicheva, A B ^a,b   Chikhirzhina, E V ^a   Kostyleva, E I ^a   Zeng, W ^c   Luo, J ^c   Dobrinski, I ^b   Hierholzer, A ^b   Kemler, R ^b   Tomilin, A N ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b Planck Institute for Immunobiology   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

E cadherin; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonial stem cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649153374     PISSN: 1990519X     EISSN: 19905203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1990519X09020011     Document Type: Article

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