Nuclear concentration of gold labeled-testosterone-bovine serum albumin conjugate injected intravenously in the hormone-target cells of rat

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 433-442

  Nishimura, Toshikazu ^a   Ichihara, Ichiro ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colloidal gold; Electron microscope; In vivo; Silver enhancement; Target cell nuclei; Testosterone bovine serum albumin conjugate

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; GOLD; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEART MUSCLE CELL; LEYDIG CELL; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPLEEN; TARGET CELL; TESTIS; THYMUS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 0030693963     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.22.433     Document Type: Article

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