Identifying disruptors of male germ cell development by small molecule screening in ex vivo gonad cultures

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wakeling, Stephanie I ^a,b   Miles, Denise C ^a,c   Western, Patrick S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Germ cell; Germ cell tumour; Gonad; Organ culture; Signaling; Testicular dysgenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; MOUSE; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84876803298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-168     Document Type: Article

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