Apoptotic gene expression in potentially fertile and subfertile men

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 415-420

  Cavalcanti, M C O ^a   Steilmann, C ^a   Failing, K ^a   Bergmann, M ^a   Kliesch, S ^b   Weidner, W ^a   Steger, K ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptotic genes; DFF40; Protamine; Testis

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 4; CASPASE 6; CASPASE ACTIVATED DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; PROTAMINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBFERTILITY; TESTIS BIOPSY;

ADULT; CASPASE 6; CASPASES, INITIATOR; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTAMINES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS; TNF-RELATED APOPTOSIS-INDUCING LIGAND;

MUS;

EID: 79959385390     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gar011     Document Type: Article

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