BAX-mediated cell death affects early germ cell loss and incidence of testicular teratomas in Dnd1Ter/Ter mice

Developmental Biology

Volumn 328, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 377-383

  Cook, Matthew S ^a   Coveney, Douglas ^a   Batchvarov, Iordan ^a   Nadeau, Joseph H ^b   Capel, Blanche ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dnd1; Ter; Teratocarcinoma; Testicular germ cell tumor; Testicular teratoma

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DND1 GENE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTECTION; TESTIS TERATOMA;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 63349093132     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.01.041     Document Type: Article

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