Expression of Aire and the early wave of apoptosis in spermatogenesis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1338-1343

  Schaller, Claudia E ^a   Wang, Clifford L ^a   Beck Engeser, Gabriele ^a   Goss, Lindsie ^a   Scott, Hamish S ^c   Anderson, Mark S ^b   Wabl, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RAG1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE; TESTIS; THYMUS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MISMATCH REPAIR; MOUSE MUTANT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 40749106576     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.3.1338     Document Type: Article

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