Principal cells of the vas deferens are involved in water transport and steroid synthesis in the adult rat

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 158-176

  Andonian, Sero ^a   Hermo, Louis ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Apical blebs; Aquaporin 1; Electron microscopy; Immunocytochemistry; Light microscopy

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; STEROID RELEASE; STEROIDOGENESIS; VAS DEFERENS; WATER TRANSPORT;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEROIDS; VAS DEFERENS; WATER;

EID: 0033037397     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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