Functional Analysis of the Cooled Rat Testis

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-68

  Zhang, Z ^a   Short, R V ^a   Meehan, T ^a   De Kretser, D M ^a,b   Renfree, M B ^a   Loveland, Kate Lakoski ^a,b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Government Australian Research Council   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

And transplantation; Apoptosis; Cooling; Spermatogonia; Testis

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; GERM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 0347624019     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2004.tb02759.x     Document Type: Article

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