Identification and cellular localisation of voltage-operated calcium channels in immature rat testis

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 25-33

  Fragale, Alessandra ^b   Aguanno, Salvatore ^b   Kemp, Matthew ^a   Reeves, Matthew ^a   Price, Kerry ^a   Beattie, Ruth ^a   Craig, Peter ^a   Volsen, Steve ^a   Sher, Emanuele ^a   D'Agostino, Angela ^b  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ca2+; FSH; Rat testis; Sertoli cells; Voltage operated Ca2+ channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, N-TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, P-TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, Q-TYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 0034712992     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(00)00213-6     Document Type: Article

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