Autonomous cell death of mouse male germ cells during fetal and postnatal period

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1250-1256

  Wang, Rui An ^a   Nakane, Paul K ^a   Koji, Takehiko ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; FETUS; GERM CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PREGNANCY; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031978777     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.5.1250     Document Type: Article

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