Involvement of Bax redistribution in the induction of germ cell apoptosis in neonatal mouse testes

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 449-459

  Damavandi, Elia ^a   Hishikawa, Yoshitaka ^a   Izumi, Shin ichi ^a   Shin, Masashi ^a   Koji, Takehiko ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax Bcl 2; Caspase 3; Cytochrome c; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036939677     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.35.449     Document Type: Article

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