Haploinsufficiency of Bcl-x leads to male-specific defects in fetal germ cells: Differential regulation of germ cell apoptosis between the sexes

Developmental Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 202-216

  Kasai, Shinya ^a   Chuma, Shinichiro ^a   Motoyama, Noboru ^b   Nakatsuji, Norio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl x; Germ cell; Haploinsufficiency; Sex differentiation; Testis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL X;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GERM CELL; HETEROZYGOTE; HYPOPLASIA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOMATIC CELL; TESTIS;

EID: 0242539934     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(03)00400-7     Document Type: Article

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