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Functional analysis of the p53 gene in apoptosis induced by heat stress or loss of stem cell factor signaling in mouse male germ cells.
Biology of reproduction - 1 Jun 2003
Ohta Hiroshi, Aizawa Shinichi, Nishimune Yoshitake
Abstract excerpt
Apoptosis plays an important role in controlling germ cell numbers and restricting abnormal cell proliferation during spermatogenesis. The tumor suppressor protein, p53, is highly expressed in the testis, and is known to be involved in apoptosis, which suggests that it is one of the major causes of germ cell loss in the testis. Mice that are c-kit/SCF mutant (Sl/Sld) and cryptorchid show similar testicular...
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