Regional variation in macrophage antigen expression by murine epididymal basal cells and their regulation by testicular factors

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 738-746

  Seiler, Petra ^a   Cooper, Trevor G ^a   Yeung, Ching Hei ^a   Nieschlag, Eberhard ^a  

^a INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigen retrieval; Efferent duct ligation; Epididymis; F4 80; Mac 1; Mouse

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AVIDIN; BIOTIN; FORMALDEHYDE; LYSINE; PARAFFIN; PERIODATE; PEROXIDASE; PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE FIXATION;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE-1 ANTIGEN; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C;

EID: 0032727730     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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