Radiation-induced cell death in the mouse testis: Relationship to apoptosis

Radiation Research

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 457-467

  Hasegawa, Masatoshi ^a,b   Wilson, Gene ^a   Russell, Lonnie D ^c   Meistrich, Marvin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAMMA RADIATION; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; DNA; GAMMA RAYS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0030897909     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579503     Document Type: Article

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