Apoptosis and mitosis in gonocytes of the rat testis during foetal and neonatal development

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 356-365

  Boulogne, Barbara ^a   Olaso, Robert ^a   Levacher, Christine ^a   Durand, Philippe ^b   Habert, René ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Foetus; Gonocytes; Neonate; Organ culture; Testis

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELL; MALE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS RATE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTIS CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MITOSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS;

EID: 0032761898     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1999.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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