Spermatogonial Stem Cell Markers and Niche in Equids

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Costa, Guilherme M J ^a   Avelar, Gleide F ^a   Rezende Neto, José V ^a   Campos Junior, Paulo Henrique A ^a   Lacerda, Samyra M S N ^a   Andrade, Bruno S C ^a   Thomé, Ralph Gruppi ^a   Hofmann, Marie Claude ^b   Franca, Luiz R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1 RECEPTOR; GDNF FAMILY RECEPTOR ALPHA 1; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONKEY; HORSE; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MULE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGONIAL STEM CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; STALLION; STEM CELL NICHE;

ANIMALS; EQUIDAE; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTORS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALE; RECEPTOR, MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84865448240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044091     Document Type: Article

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