Expression of Inhibin α-Subunit in Horse Testis

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 937-942

  Fujimura, Sakie ^a   Hondo, Eiichi ^a   Kobayashi, Tohru ^b   Yamanouchi, Keitaro ^c   Inoue, Noboru ^a   Nagata, Syun Ichi ^d   Watanabe, Gen ^e   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^e   Kitamura, Nobuo ^a   Yamada, Junzo ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Horse testis; In situ hybridization; Inhibin subunit; Leydig cell; Sertoli cell

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS; OVIS ARIES; PRIMATES; SUIDAE;

INHIBIN; INHIBIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; INHIBIN-ALPHA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HORSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; SEASON; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBINS; MALE; PEPTIDES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032135540     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.60.937     Document Type: Article

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