Techniques for culturing spermatogonial stem cells continue to improve

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-6

  Nagano, Makoto C ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FIBROBLAST; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TESTIS CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICE; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELLS;

EID: 78651494112     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.088864     Document Type: Note

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