A comprehensive survey of the cadherins expressed in the testes of fetal, immature, and adult mice utilizing the polymerase chain reaction

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 822-827

  Munro, Sandra B ^a   Blaschuk, Orest W ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMATURITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029815322     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.4.822     Document Type: Article

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