Catalase mRNA expression in the male rat reproductive tract

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 473-480

  Zini, Armand ^b   Schlegel, Peter N ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

antioxidants; efferent duct ligation; Reactive oxygen species; seminiferous epithelium; testis

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; MEMBRANE LIPID; MESSENGER RNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA PROBE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERM LAYER; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CATALASE; EJACULATORY DUCTS; EPIDIDYMIS; GENITALIA, MALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS;

EID: 0029851410     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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