Indirect effects of Wnt3a/β-catenin signalling support mouse spermatogonial stem cells in vitro

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

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

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; MALE; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELLS; WNT3A PROTEIN;

EID: 84862996818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040002     Document Type: Article

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