Quantification and localization of N-acetyl-β-D-hexosaminidase in the adult rat testis and epididymis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 914-929

  Hall, Joseph C ^a   Perez, Frank M ^a   Kochins, John G ^a   Pettersen, Carol A ^a   Li, Yuehua ^a   Tubbs, Christopher E ^a   LaMarche, Mary D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS;

EID: 0029670138     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod54.4.914     Document Type: Article

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