title: Spermatogenesis: borrowing the apoptotic machinery.
abstract: The apoptotic machinery is utilized for a wide variety of tasks during development. Recent work has uncovered a new, non-apoptotic role for these factors during the individualization process of maturing spermatids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. cagan@pcg.wustl.edu
authors.forename: Ross L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Cagan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism; D045304:Cytochromes c / Q000378:metabolism; D004330:Drosophila / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D008297:Male; D013091:Spermatogenesis / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D045304:Cytochromes c; D020169:Caspases; C109171:drICE protein, Drosophila; C118731:dronc protein, Drosophila