Assessment of the degree of contamination of rat germ cell preparations using specific cDNA probes

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 347-358

  Savaris, R F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Germ cell separation; Mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase II (COX II); Molecular analysis; Percoll ; Rat testis; Sulfatedglycoprotein 1 (SGP1); Transition protein 2 (TP2)

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; GERM CELL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GERM CELLS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SERTOLI CELLS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERMATIDS; TESTIS;

EID: 0031089197     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X1997000300007     Document Type: Article

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