Immunohistochemical study of nuclear changes associated with male germ cell death and spermiogenesis

Journal of Molecular Histology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 287-299

  McClusky, Leon M ^a   Patrick, Sean ^b   Barnhoorn, Irene E J ^b   Van Dyk, Jacobus C ^b   De Jager, Christiaan ^b   Bornman, Maria S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Apoptosis; Cleaved caspase 3; GATA 4; Germ cells; Immunohistochemistry; Nucleus

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4;

ACROSOME; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRELEPTOTENE SPERMATOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CATFISHES; CELL NUCLEUS; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

CAPRA HIRCUS; RATTUS;

EID: 72349098070     PISSN: 15672379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10735-009-9240-3     Document Type: Article

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