Testicular Expression and Distribution of the Rat Bcl2 Modifying Factor in Response to Reduced Intratesticular Testosterone

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1153-1161

  Show, Matthew D ^a   Folmer, Janet S ^a   Anway, Matthew D ^a   Zirkin, Barry R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Spermatogenesis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BCL2 MODIFYING FACTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BCL 2; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANOIKIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; CAPSULES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRADIOL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1642371214     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.023200     Document Type: Article

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