Expression of Fas-Fas ligand in murine testis

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 381-388

  Xu, Ji Ping ^a   Li, Xiang ^a   Mori, Etsuko ^a   Guo, Mao Wu ^a   Matsuda, Ichiro ^a   Takaichi, Hirohito ^a   Amano, Takashi ^b   Mori, Tsuneatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fas FasL; Germ cell; Sertoli cell; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; GERM CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0032695765     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1999.tb00116.x     Document Type: Article

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