Wnt5a is a cell-extrinsic factor that supports self-renewal of mouse spermatogonial stem cells

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2357-2366

  Yeh, Jonathan R ^a   Zhang, Xiangfan ^a   Nagano, Makoto C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Germline; Mouse; Stem cells; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; WNT5A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; CELL CULTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; MALE; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELLS; TRANSFECTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 79960201532     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.080903     Document Type: Article

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