An early and massive wave of germinal cell apoptosis is required for the development of functional spermatogenesis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2262-2270

  Rodriguez, Ivan ^a   Ody, Christiane ^a   Araki, Kimi ^a   Garcia, Irène ^a   Vassalli, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Germinal cells; Spermatogenesis; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERM CELL; MALE; MALE STERILITY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030975776     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.9.2262     Document Type: Article

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