Testicular germline stem cells

Nature Reviews Urology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-100

  Kee, Kehkooi ^a   Reijo Pera, Renee A ^a   Turek, Paul J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Turek Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT STEM CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL RENEWAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TESTIS CELL; AGE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; SPERMATOZOON; STEM CELL; TESTIS;

ADULT STEM CELLS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 77049113187     PISSN: 17594812     EISSN: 17594820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2009.263     Document Type: Review

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