Arrest of spermatogenesis in mice expressing an active heat shock transcription factor 1

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1545-1554

  Nakai, Akira ^a   Suzuki, Misao ^b   Tanabe, Masako ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Heat shock; Spermatogenesis; Transcription; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GERM CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0034599517     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.7.1545     Document Type: Article

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