Apoptosis pattern elicited by several apoptogenic agents on the seminiferous epithelium of the adult rat testis

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 487-497

  Blanco Rodríguez, Josefa ^a   Martínez García, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Fertility; PKC; Spermatogenesis; Stress

Indexed keywords

COLCHICEINE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYTOCHALASIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; DNA DETERMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

1-(5-ISOQUINOLINESULFONYL)-2-METHYLPIPERAZINE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; COLCHICINE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYTOCHALASINS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GERM CELLS; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHORBOL ESTERS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTIS;

EID: 0031684366     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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