Bax-dependent spermatogonia apoptosis is required for testicular development and spermatogenesis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 950-958

  Russell, Lonnie D ^a   Chiarini Garcia, Helio ^a   Korsmeyer, Stanley J ^a   Knudson, C Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Sperm maturation; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036199876     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod66.4.950     Document Type: Article

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