Spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) in buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) testis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Mahla, Ranjeet Singh ^a   Reddy, Niranjan ^a   Goel, Sandeep ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; DOLICHOS BIFLORUS AGGLUTININ; ISOPROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BUBALUS BUBALIS; BUFFALO; CELL ASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GONOCYTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREPUBERTY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIAL STEM CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; TESTIS; TESTIS TRANSPLANTATION ASSAY; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NUDE MOUSE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CELLS, CULTURED; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84859990712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036020     Document Type: Article

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