The role of retinoic acid (RA) in spermatogonial differentiation

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Busada, Jonathan T ^a   Geyer, Christopher B ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Differentiation; Gonocyte; Prospermatogonia; Retinoic acid; Retinoids; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonia; Testis

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84957894447     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.115.135145     Document Type: Review

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