Absence of cyclic adenosine 3′:5′ monophosphate responsive element modulator expression at the spermatocyte arrest stage

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 69, Issue 3 SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 533-538

  Lin, William W ^a,b   Lamb, Dolores J ^a,c   Lipshultz, Larry I ^a,b   Kim, Edward D ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Scott Department of Urology   (United States)

^c Department of Cell Biology ^*

Author keywords

Apoptosis; cAMP responsive element modulator; Spermatocyte maturation arrest

Indexed keywords

POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0031917006     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(97)00535-5     Document Type: Article

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