Indirect sertoli cell-mediated ablation of germ cells in mice expressing the inhibin-α promoter/herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase transgene

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1545-1550

  Ahtiainen, Maarit ^a   Toppari, Jorma ^a   Poutanen, Matti ^a   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bystander effect; Germ cell ablation; Germ cell Sertoli cell interactions; HSV TK; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN A; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL INTERACTION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEROIDOGENESIS;

2-AMINOPURINE; ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBINS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SPERMATOGENESIS; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ANIMALIA; FELINE CALICIVIRUS; MUS MUSCULUS; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 6344291670     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.028183     Document Type: Article

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