Germ cell apoptosis in rat testis after administration of 1,3- dinitrobenzene

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-103

  Strandgaard, Christina ^a   Miller, Marion G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinitrobenzene; Germ cell apoptosis; Stage and cell specificity; Testicular toxicity

Indexed keywords

1,3 DINITROBENZENE; 3-DINITROBENZENE; DEOXYURIDINE PHOSPHATE; DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GERM CELL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS INJURY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DEOXYURACIL NUCLEOTIDES; DINITROBENZENES; DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032034168     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(97)00126-3     Document Type: Article

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