Bcl-2 inhibits apoptosis of spermatogonia and growth of spermatogonial stem cells in a cell-intrinsic manner

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 30-38

  Sugiyama, Noriyuki ^a,b   Obinata, Masuo ^a   Matsui, Yasuhisa ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Spermatogonia

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOZOA; STEM CELLS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; TROMETHAMINE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0035202784     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2795(200101)58:1<30::AID-MRD5>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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