Proliferation of mouse spermatogonial stem cells in microdrop culture

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 951-957

  Araki, Yasuyuki ^a   Sato, Takuya ^b   Katagiri, Kumiko ^b   Kubota, Yoshinobu ^b   Araki, Yasuhisa ^a   Ogawa, Takehiko ^b,c  

^a Institute for Advanced Reproductive Medical Technology   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Culture; Microdrop culture; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonia; Spermatogonial stem cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 78649966958     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.082800     Document Type: Article

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