Transcription factor GATA-6, cell proliferation, apoptosis, and apoptosis-related proteins Bcl-2 and Bax in human fetal testis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1858-1865

  Ketola, Ilkka ^a   Toppari, Jorma ^b   Vaskivuo, Tommi ^c   Herva, Riitta ^c   Tapanainen, Juha S ^c   Heikinheimo, Markku ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL DIVISION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GATA6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0038359615     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-021647     Document Type: Article

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