Apoptosis in testicular germ cells

International Congress Series

Volumn 1266, Issue C, 2004, Pages 170-176

  Royere, Dominique ^a   Guérif, Fabrice ^a   Laurent Cadoret, Véronique ^a   Hochereau de Reviers, Marie Thérèse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl2; Fas; Kit; SCF; Spermatogenesis; TNF

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249130830     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2004.01.109     Document Type: Article

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