β-hexosaminidase immunolocalization and α- and β-subunit gene expression in the rat testis and epididymis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-242

  Hermo, Louis ^a   Adamali, Huzaifa I ^a   Mahuran, Don ^c   Gravel, Roy A ^a,b   Trasler, Jacquetta M ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

lysosomes; principal and clear cells; Sertoli cell

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE A; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE B;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; CAPUT; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031017311     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199703)46:3<227::AID-MRD1>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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