Elucidating the identity and behavior of spermatogenic stem cells in the mouse testis

Reproduction

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 293-302

  Yoshida, Shosei ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGENIC STEM CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEADY STATE; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; MALE; MICE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 84865181041     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-11-0320     Document Type: Review

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