The role of the tumor suppressor p53 in spermatogenesis

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 669-677

  Beumer, Tim L ^a,e   Roepers Gajadien, Hermien L ^a   Gademan, Iris S ^b   Van Buul, Paul P W ^c   Gil Gomez, Gabriel ^d   Rutgers, Derek H ^b   De Rooij, Dirk G ^a  

^a Medical School   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Giant cell; Irradiation; Mouse; p53; Spermatogenesis; Spermatogonial stem cell

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; X IRRADIATION;

EID: 0031846479     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400396     Document Type: Article

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