Germ cell apoptosis and its molecular trigger in mouse testes

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-16

  Koji, Takehiko ^a   Hishikawa, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISCHEMIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPERFUSION; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; MALE; MICE; SPERMATIDS; TESTIS;

EID: 0037368334     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.66.1     Document Type: Review

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