p53 expression and apoptosis in vaeicocele in the rat testis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 6 I, 2004, Pages 2475-2478

  Kilinc, Ferhat ^a   Guvel, Sezgin ^a   Kayaselcuk, Fazilet ^a   Aygun, Cem ^a   Egilmez, Tulga ^a   Ozkardes, Hakan ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Genes, p53; Mutation; Rats, Sprague Dawley; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; VARICOCELE;

EID: 8644276399     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000138471.35553.ce     Document Type: Article

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