Concise review: Defining characteristics of mammalian spermatogenic stem cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-11

  Griswold, Michael D ^a   Oatley, Jon M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chain fragmentation; Primordial germ cell; Progenitor cell; Spermatogenic stem cell; Stem cell niche; Syncytia

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOTOXICITY; GAMETE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGENIC STEM CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; STEM CELL EXPANSION; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOZOA; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84871552649     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.1253     Document Type: Review

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