Phenotypic plasticity of mouse spermatogonial stem cells.

BACKGROUND:Spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) continuously undergo self-renewal division to support spermatogenesis. SSCs are thought to have a fixed phenotype, and development of a germ cell transplantation technique facilitated their characterization and prospective isolation in a deterministic mann...

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Main Authors: Hiroko Morimoto, Mito Kanatsu-Shinohara, Seiji Takashima, Shinichiro Chuma, Norio Nakatsuji, Masanori Takehashi, Takashi Shinohara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2774941?pdf=render