Published in Development on May 01, 2000
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Isolation of male germ-line stem cells; influence of GDNF. Dev Biol (2005) 2.40
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Mouse differentiating spermatogonia can generate germinal stem cells in vivo. Nat Cell Biol (2008) 2.05
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Male germ cells require polyenoic sphingolipids with complex glycosylation for completion of meiosis: a link to ceramide synthase-3. J Biol Chem (2008) 1.18
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Mast cells rescue implantation defects caused by c-kit deficiency. Cell Death Dis (2013) 0.85
c-kit and its related genes in spermatogonial differentiation. Spermatogenesis (2011) 0.85
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Making male gametes in culture. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 0.76
Spatial and temporal expression of c-Kit in the development of the murine submandibular gland. J Mol Histol (2014) 0.76
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Irinotecan metabolite SN38 results in germ cell loss in the testis but not in the ovary of prepubertal mice. Mol Hum Reprod (2016) 0.75
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Developmental stage- and spermatogenic cycle-specific expression of transcription factor GATA-1 in mouse Sertoli cells. Development (1994) 1.87
The mouse and human homologs of DMC1, the yeast meiosis-specific homologous recombination gene, have a common unique form of exon-skipped transcript in meiosis. Nucleic Acids Res (1996) 1.75
GATA-1 transcription is controlled by distinct regulatory mechanisms during primitive and definitive erythropoiesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1997) 1.68
Real-time observation of acrosomal dispersal from mouse sperm using GFP as a marker protein. FEBS Lett (1999) 1.57
Molecular cloning of a murine homologue of membrane cofactor protein (CD46): preferential expression in testicular germ cells. Biochem J (1998) 1.50
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The putative chaperone calmegin is required for sperm fertility. Nature (1997) 1.46
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Identification and characterization of testis specific ornithine decarboxylase antizyme (OAZ-t) gene: expression in haploid germ cells and polyamine-induced frameshifting. Genes Cells (2000) 1.26
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Prostate-specific transcription factor hPSE is translated only in normal prostate epithelial cells. Cancer Res (2000) 1.20
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Anemia and mast cell depletion in mutant rats that are homozygous at "white spotting (Ws)" locus. Blood (1991) 1.16
Inhibition of testicular germ cell apoptosis and differentiation in mice misexpressing Bcl-2 in spermatogonia. Development (1996) 1.14
Characterization of Ws mutant allele of rats: a 12-base deletion in tyrosine kinase domain of c-kit gene. Blood (1991) 1.14
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Calmegin is required for fertilin alpha/beta heterodimerization and sperm fertility. Dev Biol (2001) 1.10
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Molecular cloning of a novel Ca(2+)-binding protein (calmegin) specifically expressed during male meiotic germ cell development. J Biol Chem (1994) 1.06
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Cell type-specific deficiency of c-kit gene expression in mutant mice of mi/mi genotype. Am J Pathol (1994) 0.97
Studies of Sl/Sld in equilibrium with +/+ mouse aggregation chimaeras. II. Effect of the steel locus on spermatogenesis. Development (1988) 0.97
Quick-scanning x-ray absorption spectroscopy system with a servo-motor-driven channel-cut monochromator with a temporal resolution of 10 ms. Rev Sci Instrum (2012) 0.97
Transcription factor BACH1 is recruited to the nucleus by its novel alternative spliced isoform. J Biol Chem (2000) 0.96
Pyridoxine refractory X-linked sideroblastic anemia caused by a point mutation in the erythroid 5-aminolevulinate synthase gene. Blood (1997) 0.96
Characterization and expression of a stage specific antigen by monoclonal antibody TRA 54 in testicular germ cells. Int J Androl (1998) 0.96
In vivo and in vitro constant expression of GATA-4 in mouse postnatal Sertoli cells. Mol Cell Endocrinol (2004) 0.92
Molecular cloning and characterization of meichroacidin (male meiotic metaphase chromosome-associated acidic protein). Dev Biol (1998) 0.92
Aberrant methylation of an imprinted gene U2af1-rs1(SP2) caused by its own transgene. J Biol Chem (1997) 0.91
A novel stage-specific differentiation antigen is expressed on mouse testicular germ cells during early meiotic prophase. Biol Reprod (1993) 0.91
Murine polo like kinase 1 gene is expressed in meiotic testicular germ cells and oocytes. Mol Reprod Dev (1995) 0.91
Defect in germ cells, not in supporting cells, is the cause of male infertility in the jsd mutant mouse: proliferation of spermatogonial stem cells without differentiation. Int J Androl (2001) 0.91
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Cloning and characterization of human haspin gene encoding haploid germ cell-specific nuclear protein kinase. Mol Hum Reprod (2001) 0.90
Switching of mouse spermatogonial proliferation from the c-kit receptor-independent type to the receptor-dependent type during differentiation. J Reprod Fertil (1994) 0.90
Experimental transmission of hantavirus infection in laboratory rats. J Infect Dis (1994) 0.89
In utero and mammary transfer of hantavirus antibody from dams to infant rats. Lab Anim Sci (1993) 0.89
Regulation of acrosome formation in mice expressing green fluorescent protein as a marker. Tissue Cell (2000) 0.89
Isolation and characterization of a haploid germ cell-specific novel complementary deoxyribonucleic acid; testis-specific homologue of succinyl CoA:3-Oxo acid CoA transferase. Biol Reprod (2000) 0.87
Characterization of the testis-specific gene 'calmegin' promoter sequence and its activity defined by transgenic mouse experiments. FEBS Lett (1995) 0.87
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Stimulation of spermatogonial differentiation in juvenile spermatogonial depletion (jsd) mutant mice by gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist treatment. Endocrinology (1999) 0.86
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Regulation of the mouse histone H2A.X gene promoter by the transcription factor E2F and CCAAT binding protein. J Biol Chem (1995) 0.86
Effects of W (c-kit) gene mutation on gametogenesis in male mice: agametic tubular segments in Wf/Wf testes. Development (1992) 0.86
Biologically active kit ligand growth factor is produced by mouse Sertoli cells and is defective in SId mutant mice. Development (1991) 0.85
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Stage-specific localization of basigin, a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, during mouse spermatogenesis. Arch Histol Cytol (1998) 0.83
Genomic analysis of male germ cell-specific actin capping protein alpha. Gene (1999) 0.83
Cloning and characterization of a complementary deoxyribonucleic acid encoding haploid-specific alanine-rich acidic protein located on chromosome-X. Biol Reprod (2000) 0.83
Mapping of eight testis-specific genes to mouse chromosomes. Genomics (1997) 0.83
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