Temperature-mediated germ cell loss in the testis is associated with altered expression of the cell-cycle regulator p53

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1986-1989

  Socher, Steven A ^a   Yin, Yizhong ^a   Dewolf, William C ^a   Morgentaler, Abraham ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

p53; spermatogenesis; testis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; ETIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0030938823     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64915-2     Document Type: Article

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