Differential expression of glutathione S-transferase isoforms in compartments of the testis and segments of the epididymis of the rat

Drug Metabolism and Disposition

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 725-733

  Gandy, Jay ^a   Primiano, Thomas ^d   Novak, Raymond F ^d   Kelce, William R ^c   York, J Lyndal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EPIDIDYMIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DINITROCHLOROBENZENE; EPIDIDYMIS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LEYDIG CELLS; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 0030015871     PISSN: 00909556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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