In vitro reconstruction of mouse seminiferous tubules supporting germ cell differentiation

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yokonishi, Tetsuhiro ^a   Sato, Takuya ^b   Katagiri, Kumiko ^b   Komeya, Mitsuru ^a   Kubota, Yoshinobu ^a   Ogawa, Takehiko ^a,b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meiosis; Reconstruction; Seminiferous tubules; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonial stem cells; Testis

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL SUSPENSION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; TESTIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 84889007624     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.108613     Document Type: Article

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