Metaphase-specific cell death in meiotic spermatocytes in mice

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 296, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 359-369

  Kon, Yasuhiro ^a   Horikoshi, Haruko ^a   Endoh, Daiji ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Electron microscopy; Meiosis; Mouse (10 strains); Spermatocytes; Spermatogenesis; Testis; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; METAPHASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOCYTES; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; NIA;

EID: 0032952804     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051296     Document Type: Article

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