Sertoli cell behaviors in developing testis cords and postnatal seminiferous tubules of the mouse

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 342-350

  Nel Themaat, Liesl ^a   Jang, Chuan Wei ^a,b   Stewart, M David ^a,c   Akiyama, Haruhiko ^d   Viger, Robert S ^e   Behringer, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gata4; Germ cells; Live imaging; Seminiferous tubules; Sertoli cells; Testis; Testis cords

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; HISTONE H2B; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 78751697597     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.086900     Document Type: Article

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