Impaired spermatogenic ability of testicular germ cells in mice deficient in the LIM-kinase 2 gene

Developmental Biology

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 259-272

  Takahashi, Hisaaki ^a   Koshimizu, Uichi ^a   Miyazaki, Jun ichi ^a   Nakamura, Toshikazu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cofilin; Germ cells; LIM Kinase; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; COFILIN; GENE PRODUCT; LIM PROTEIN; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN KINASE; RHO FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERTHERMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0037081289     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0512     Document Type: Article

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