Increases in apoptosis and declines in Bcl-XL protein characterise testicular regression in American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 461-469

  Jenkins, Luwanda K ^a,c   Ross, Wallace L ^b   Young, Kelly A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Seasonal reproduction

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL XL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROW; ESTRUS CYCLE; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-X PROTEIN; BIRD DISEASES; BODY WEIGHT; CROWS; DOWN-REGULATION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS;

AVES; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 33947315101     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD06079     Document Type: Article

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