Relevance of caspase activity during apoptosis in pubertal rat spermatogenesis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 881-889

  Codelia, Veronica A ^a   Cisternas, Pablo ^a   Moreno, Ricardo D ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase; Spermatocyte; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLTHREONYLASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CASPASE; CASPASE INHIBITOR; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN P115; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GERM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 8; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; MALE; RATS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

RATTUS;

EID: 41149112106     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20822     Document Type: Article

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