UCHL-1 protein expression specifically marks spermatogonia in wild bovid testis

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 663-667

  Goel, Sandeep ^a   Mahla, Ranjeet Singh ^a   Suman, Sanjay Kumar ^a   Reddy, Niranjan ^a   Imai, Hiroshi ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Spermatogonia; Testis; UCHL 1; Wild bovid

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 79956266975     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-010-0454-1     Document Type: Article

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