Haptoglobin is a sertoli cell product in the rat seminiferous epithelium: Its purification and regulation

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 637-645

  O'Bryan, Moira K ^a   Grima, Josephine ^a   Mruk, Dolores ^a   Cheng, C Yan ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ cell; Testis

Indexed keywords

HAPTOGLOBIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRON METABOLISM; LEYDIG CELL; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHITIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAPTOGLOBINS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELLS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031423612     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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