c-FlipL is expressed in undifferentiated mouse male germ cells

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 6109-6114

  Giampietri, Claudia ^a   Petrungaro, Simonetta ^a   Coluccia, Pierpaolo ^a   Antonangeli, Fabrizio ^a   Paone, Alessio ^a   Padula, Fabrizio ^a   De Cesaris, Paola ^b   Ziparo, Elio ^a   Filippini, Antonio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspases; Stem cells; Testis

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 10; CASPASE 8; FAS ANTIGEN; FLICE INHIBITORY PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; RETINOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; CASP8 AND FADD-LIKE APOPTOSIS REGULATING PROTEIN; CASPASES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GERM CELLS; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS;

EID: 33751024874     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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