Origin and function of embryonic Sertoli cells

Biomolecular Concepts

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 537-547

  Barrionuevo, Francisco ^a   Burgos, Miguel ^a   Jiménez, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

embryonic Sertoli cell; embryonic testis function; SOX9; SRY; testis differentiation

Indexed keywords

MYOIDA;

EID: 84916931546     PISSN: 18685021     EISSN: 1868503X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BMC.2011.044     Document Type: Review

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