Light and electron microscopic immunohistochemical localization of protein gene product 9.5 and ubiquitin immunoreactivities in the human epididymis and vas deferens

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 291-297

  Fraile, B ^a   Martin, R ^b   De Miguel, M P ^a   Arenas, M I ^a   Bethencourt, F R ^a   Peinado, F ^b   Paniagua, R ^a   Santamaria, L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; UBIQUITIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0029739625     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.2.291     Document Type: Article

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