Redistribution of Bax is an early step in an apoptotic pathway leading to germ cell death in rats, triggered by mild testicular hyperthermia

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1683-1690

  Yamamoto, C M ^a   Sinha Hikim, A P ^a   Huynh, P N ^a   Shapiro, B ^a   Lue, Y ^a   Salameh, W A ^a   Wang, C ^a   Swerdloff, R S ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Spermatogenesis; Stress

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033709125     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod63.6.1683     Document Type: Article

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