Immunocytochemical localization of the Ya, Yb1, Yc, Yf, and Yo subunits of glutathione S-transferases in the cauda epididymidis and vas deferens of adult rats

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 145-157

  Andonian, Sero ^a   Hermo, Louis ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal cells; Principal cells

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPERM PRESERVATION; STEROID BINDING; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROIDOGENESIS; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0032999673     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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