Identification, isolation, and RT-PCR analysis of single stage-specific spermatogenetic cells obtained from portions of seminiferous tubules classified by transillumination microscopy

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1173-1177

  Vasco, Chiara ^a   Zuccotti, Maurizio ^b   Redi, Carlo Alberto ^c   Garagna, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMALS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TRANSILLUMINATION;

EID: 70350441644     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21086     Document Type: Article

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