Testis epidermal growth factor and spermatogenesis

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-146

  Yan, Y C ^a   Sun, Y P ^a   Zhang, M L ^a   Koide, S S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Leydig cells; Spermatogenesis; Submaxillary gland; Testis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; INSULIN; RNA; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CRYPTORCHISM; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEMINOMA; SERTOLI CELL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SWINE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79961183736     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019808987936     Document Type: Article

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