Localization of nitric oxide-related substances in the quail ovary during folliculogenesis

Histochemical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 443-454

  Van Nassauw, Luc ^a   Tao, Liling ^a   Harrisson, Fernand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; CITRULLINE; CYCLIC GMP; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXYNITRITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CITRULLINE; COTURNIX; CYCLIC GMP; FEMALE; ISOENZYMES; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; TYROSINE;

EID: 0032775911     PISSN: 00182214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003755825772     Document Type: Article

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