Activin bioactivity affects germ cell differentiation in the postnatal mouse testis in vivo

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 980-990

  Mithraprabhu, Sridurga ^a   Mendis, Sirisha ^a   Meachem, Sarah J ^a,b   Tubino, Laura ^a   Matzuk, Martin M ^c   Brown, Chester W ^c   Loveland, Kate L ^a,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Australian Government Australian Research Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activin; KIT; KITL; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonia; Testis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GERM CELLS; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELL FACTOR; TESTIS;

MUS;

EID: 77953828814     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.079855     Document Type: Article

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