Expression of phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein in the male reproductive tract: Immunolocalisation and expression in prepubertal and adult rat testes and epididymides

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 454-460

  Frayne, Jan ^a   McMillen, Andrew ^a   Love, Seth ^a   Hall, Len ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Phosphatidylethanolamine binding protein; Prepubertal; Testis

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TESTIS;

AGING; ANDROGEN-BINDING PROTEIN; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNE SERA; MALE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHOLIPID TRANSFER PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS; UTEROGLOBIN;

ANIMALIA; CAPUT;

EID: 0031917789     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199804)49:4<454::AID-MRD13>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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