Induction of S-phase entry by a gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist (buserelin) in the frog, Rana esculenta, primary spermatogonia

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-102

  Minucci, Sergio ^a   Fasano, Silvia ^a   Pierantoni, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

amphibians; cell communication; cell cycle; GnRH; mitotic activity; Rana esculenta; spermatogenesis; testis

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; COLCHICINE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; RADIOISOTOPE; THYMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABELING INDEX; MALE; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

EID: 0029924451     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0742-8413(95)02046-2     Document Type: Article

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