Identification and characterization of Xenopus tropicalis common progenitors of Sertoli and peritubular myoid cell lineages

The origin of somatic cell lineages during testicular development is controversial in mammals. Employing basal amphibian tetrapod Xenopus tropicalis we established a cell culture derived from testes of juvenile male. Expression analysis showed transcription of some pluripotency genes and Sertoli cel...

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Main Authors: Tereza Tlapakova, Thi Minh Xuan Nguyen, Marketa Vegrichtova, Monika Sidova, Karolina Strnadova, Monika Blahova, Vladimir Krylov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2016-09-01
Series:Biology Open
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Online Access:http://bio.biologists.org/content/5/9/1275