p53-mediated germ cell quality control in spermatogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 165-171

  Yin, Yizhong ^a   Stahl, Brandon C ^a   DeWolf, William C ^a   Morgentaler, Abraham ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; INFERTILITY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS CELL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032373233     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9074     Document Type: Article

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