Apoptosis, onset and maintenance of spermatogenesis: Evidence for the involvement of Kit in Kit-haplodeficient mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 70-79

  Guerif, Fabrice ^a   Cadoret, Veronique ^a   Rahal Perola, Valerie ^a   Lansac, Jacques ^a   Bernex, Florence ^a   Panthier, Jean Jacques ^a   Hochereau de Reviers, Marie Thérèse ^a   Royere, Dominique ^a  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Developmental biology; Meiosis; Polypeptide receptors; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBRED STRAIN; KINETICS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMALIA; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0036082823     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod67.1.70     Document Type: Article

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