Immunohistochemical demonstration of cytoskeletal proteins in the testis of the Japanese black bear, Ursus thibetanus japonicus

Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-213

  Komatsu, T ^a   Yamamoto, Y ^a   Atoji, Y ^a   Tsubota, T ^a   Suzuki, Y ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

ACTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; CYTOLOGY; HIBERNATION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; HIBERNATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; SEASONS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTIS; URSIDAE;

EID: 0032087992     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.1998.tb00182.x     Document Type: Article

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