Role of c-kit in mouse spermatogenesis: identification of spermatogonia as a specific site of c-kit expression and function

Human proto-oncogene c-kit: a new cell surface receptor tyrosine kinase for an unidentified ligand.

1987 • 1,627 citations

Stem cell factor is encoded at the SI locus of the mouse and is the ligand for the c-kit tyrosine kinase receptor

1990 • 1,448 citations

The proto-oncogene c-kit encoding a transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptor maps to the mouse W locus

1988 • 1,390 citations

The dominant-white spotting (W) locus of the mouse encodes the c-kit proto-oncogene

1988 • 1,336 citations

The hematopoietic growth factor KL is encoded by the SI locus and is the ligand of the c-kit receptor, the gene product of the W locus

1990 • 1,208 citations

Mac‐1: a macrophage differentiation antigen identified by monoclonal antibody

1979 • 1,144 citations

Hereditary Anemias of the Mouse: A Review for Geneticists

1979 • 1,141 citations

A description of spermiogenesis in the mouse and its use in analysis of the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium and germ cell renewal

1956 • 993 citations

Molecular cloning of mast cell growth factor, a hematopoietin that is active in both membrane bound and soluble forms

1990 • 870 citations

Expression and function of c-kit in hemopoietic progenitor cells.

1991 • 756 citations

Oxford reviews of reproductive biology

1981 • 752 citations

Quantitative study of the cell population of the seminiferous tubules in immature rats

1957 • 750 citations

Primary structure of c-kit: relationship with the CSF-1/PDGF receptor kinase family-oncogenic activation of v-kit involves deletion of extracellular domain and C terminus.

1988 • 727 citations

Gene‐induced embryological modifications of primordial germ cells in the mouse

1957 • 556 citations

Embryonic expression of a haematopoietic growth factor encoded by the SI locus and the ligand for c-kit

1990 • 521 citations

Expression of c-kit gene products in known cellular targets of W mutations in normal and W mutant mice--evidence for an impaired c-kit kinase in mutant mice.

1989 • 495 citations

In utero manipulation of coat color formation by a monoclonal anti-c-kit antibody: two distinct waves of c-kit-dependency during melanocyte development.

1991 • 479 citations

Gonadal expression of c-kit encoded at the W locus of the mouse

1990 • 479 citations

Spermatogonial stem‐cell renewal in the mouse

1971 • 473 citations

AUTORADIOGRAPHIC STUDY OF DNA SYNTHESIS AND THE CELL CYCLE IN SPERMATOGONIA AND SPERMATOCYTES OF MOUSE TESTIS USING TRITIATED THYMIDINE

1962 • 361 citations

Developmental expression of c-kit, a proto-oncogene encoded by the W locus

1990 • 349 citations

W mutant mice with mild or severe developmental defects contain distinct point mutations in the kinase domain of the c-kit receptor.

1990 • 349 citations

The Dominant W ⁴² Spotting Phenotype Results from a Missense Mutation in the c- kit Receptor Kinase

1990 • 287 citations

Calendar of Gametogenic Development in the Prepuberal Male Mouse

1961 • 253 citations

Morphological and quantitative analysis of spermatogonia in mouse testes using whole mounted seminiferous tubules. I. The normal testes

1978 • 233 citations

Kinetics of gametogenesis

1974 • 224 citations

Luteinizing hormone and testosterone secretion in young and old male mice

1982 • 162 citations

A study of the primordial germ cells during their migratory phase in steel mutant mice

1975 • 160 citations

Developmental analysis of a mutation with pleiotropic effects in the mouse

1956 • 152 citations

A comparison between the morphology and cell kinetics of gonocytes and adult type undifferentiated spermatogonia in the mouse

1981 • 147 citations

Exon skipping by mutation of an authentic splice site ofc-kitgene inW/Wmouse

1991 • 143 citations

Infertility due to growth arrest of ovarian follicles in mice

1988 • 129 citations

Postnatal Development of the Testis, Fighting Behavior, and Fertility in House Mice1

1973 • 121 citations

Analysis of the pleiotropism at the W‐locus in the mouse. The effects of W and W^v substitution upon postnatal development of germ cells

1954 • 117 citations

Stem Cells. Their identification and characterization

1983 • 83 citations

Studies of Sl/Sl d↔ + / + mouse aggregation chimaeras : II. Effect of the steel locus on spermatogenesis

1988 • 50 citations

The effects of steel mutation on testicular germ cell differentiation

1980 • 33 citations

Kinetics of the Male Gametogenesis*,**,***

2009 • 32 citations

Differentiation of germ cells in seminiferous tubules transplanted to testes of germ cell‐deficient mice of W/W^v and SI/SI^d genotypes

1989 • 29 citations

In vitro demonstration of deleterious effect of steel mutation on spermatogenesis in mice

1984 • 15 citations