TSPAN8 expression distinguishes spermatogonial stem cells in the prepubertal mouse testis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1-14

  Mutoji, Kazadi ^a   Singh, Anukriti ^a   Nguyen, Thu ^a   Gildersleeve, Heidi ^a   Kaucher, Amy V ^c   Oatley, Melissa J ^c   Oatley, Jon M ^c   Velte, Ellen K ^b   Geyer, Christopher B ^b   Cheng, Keren ^a   McCarrey, John R ^a   Hermann, Brian P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Single cell; Spermatogonial stem cells; Surface marker; Transcriptome; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A2; HISTONE; MESSENGER RNA; PVR PROTEIN; TSPAN8 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TETRASPANIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SELECTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SEQUENCE; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TESTIS CELL; ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ADULT GERMLINE STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; CELL CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MICE; RECEPTOR, EPHA2; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TETRASPANINS;

EID: 85015411505     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.116.144220     Document Type: Article

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