Effects of ligation, orchidectomy, and hypophysectomy on expression of the Yf subunit of GST-P in principal and basal cells of the adult rat epididymis and on basal cell shape and overall arrangement

Anatomical Record

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-69

  Hermo, Louis ^a   Papp, Steve ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Hypophysectomy; Ligation; Orchidectomy; Principal and basal cells; Yf subunit of glutathione S transferase P

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL SHAPE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGATION; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RAT; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGATION; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; CAPUT;

EID: 0030021160     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199601)244:1<59::AID-AR6>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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