Physiological and pathological cell deaths in the reproductive organs

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-40

  Sakamaki, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Caspase; Fas; Ovary; p53; Testis

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE 11; CASPASE 2; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; FAS ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0037308985     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.28.31     Document Type: Review

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