Caspase 2 activity contributes to the initial wave of germ cell apoptosis during the first round of spermatogenesis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1026-1033

  Zheng, Shuqiu ^a   Turner, Terry T ^a   Lysiak, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Gamete biology; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 2; CYTOCHROME C; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; BENZOYLCARBONYL VALYL ASPARTYL VALYL ALANYL ASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; BENZOYLCARBONYL-VALYL-ASPARTYL-VALYL-ALANYL-ASPARTYL-FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CASPASE; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STAINING; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOZOON;

MURINAE; MUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 2; CASPASES; CYTOCHROMES C; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOCHONDRIA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 33748520937     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.105.044610     Document Type: Article

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