Resistance of differentiating spermatogonia to radiation-induced apoptosis and loss in p53-deficient mice

Radiation Research

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-270

  Hasegawa, Masatoshi ^a   Zhang, Yun ^b   Niibe, Hideo ^a   Terry, Nicholas H A ^b   Meistrich, Marvin L ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IRRADIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RADIATION INJURY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; GENES, P53; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031892878     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579959     Document Type: Article

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