Regulation of germ cell death in mammalian gonads

APMIS

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 142-148

  Matsui, Yasuhisa ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP); c Kit; c Myc; Hedgehog; Primordial germ cells; Spermatocyte; Spermatogonia; Steel factor

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; STEEL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GONAD; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM;

EID: 0031937843     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb01329.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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