Meiotic prophase abnormalities and metaphase cell death in MLH1-deficient mouse spermatocytes: Insights into regulation of spermatogenic progress

Developmental Biology

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-95

  Eaker, Shannon ^a   Cobb, John ^a   Pyle, April ^a   Handel, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; PROTEIN MLH1; SERINE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; METAPHASE; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0036384175     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0708     Document Type: Article

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