Cell- and region-specific localization of lysosomal and secretory proteins and endocytic receptors in epithelial cells of the cauda epididymidis and vas deferens of the adult rat

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 415-429

  Andonian, Sero ^a   Hermo, Louis ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal cells; Cathepsin A; Cathepsin B; Cathepsin D; Clear cells; LRP 2; Principal cells; SGP 1; SGP 2

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYPEPTIDASE C; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN D; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CLUSTERIN; PROSAPOSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; LYSOSOME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STAINING; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE C; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN D; CLUSTERIN; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEYMANN NEPHRITIS ANTIGENIC COMPLEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSOSOMES; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PERIODIC ACID-SCHIFF REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SAPOSINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0033037440     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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