dmd-1+ expressing somatic cells within the testis that promote male GSC maintenance. dmd-1+, ophis-1+ somatic gonadal cells ensheath germ cells via long cytoplasmic processes and promote differentiation. [ ]
dmd-1+ expressing somatic cells within the testis that promote male GSC maintenance. dmd-1+, ophis-1+ somatic gonadal cells ensheath germ cells via long cytoplasmic processes and promote differentiation. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23652002 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27163480 ]
Synonyms: somatic testis cell somatic niche cell of the testis somatic gonadal cell of the testis
Term information
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2569-1939 | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7535-4407
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2569-1939 | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7535-4933
Term relations
- somatic gonadal cell
- contained in some anterior region of the whole animal
- contained in some dorsal region of the whole animal
- existence overlaps some adult hermaphrodite
- contained in some copulatory region
- part of some testis
- contained in some prepharyngeal region
- existence starts during or after some juvenile
- contained in some parapharyngeal region
- existence overlaps some juvenile
- contained in some tail