BARD1 expression during spermatogenesis is associated with apoptosis and hormonally regulated

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1614-1624

  Feki, Anis ^a   Jefford, Charles Edwards ^a   Durand, Philippe ^b   Harb, Jean ^c   Lucas, Hervé ^a   Krause, Karl Heinz ^a   Irminger Finger, Irmgard ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; BARD1; BRCA1; FSH; Infertility; Meiosis; Spermatogenesis; Splicing; Steroid hormones; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 ASSOCIATED RING DOMAIN PROTEIN 1; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CELL PROTEIN; FOLLITROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRCA1 PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DNA, RECOMBINANT; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 6344278490     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.029678     Document Type: Article

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