Apoptosis in the germ line

Reproduction

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-150

  Aitken, R John ^a   Findlay, Jock K ^b   Hutt, Karla J ^b   Kerr, Jeff B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE FERTILITY; GERM LINE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MALE FERTILITY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; STEM CELL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 78951495766     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-10-0232     Document Type: Review

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