Spontaneous germ cell death in the testis of the adult rat takes the form of apoptosis: Re-evaluation of cell types that exhibit the ability to die during spermatogenesis

Cell Proliferation

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-31

  Blanco Rodriguez J ^a   Martinez Garcia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; MALE; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; RAT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

EID: 0029926356     PISSN: 09607722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.1996.tb00091.x     Document Type: Article

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