DNA double-strand breaks and γ-H2AX signaling in the testis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 628-634

  Hamer, Geert ^a,b   Roepers Gajadien, Hermien L ^a,b   Van Duyn Goedhart, Annemarie ^c   Gademan, Iris S ^b   Kal, Henk B ^b   Van Buul, Paul P W ^c   De Rooij, Dirk G ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Meiosis; Signal transduction; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE RESPONSE FACTOR; DNA DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HISTONE H2A; LEPTOTENE; PROTEIN P53; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENOTOXICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RADIATION DOSE; SCID MOUSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STRESS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HISTONES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, SCID; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037306756     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.008672     Document Type: Article

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