Dexamethasone effects on Bax expression in the mouse testicular germ cells

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 237-241

  Mahmoud, Hashemitabar ^a   Mahmoud, Orazizadeh ^a   Layasadat, Khorsandi ^a   Naeim, Albughobeish ^b  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Dexamethasone; Germ cells

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; PROTEIN BAX; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 73549116353     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10042-009-0041-z     Document Type: Article

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