Identification of GABAB receptor in rat testis and sperm

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 283, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 243-247

  He, Xiao Bing ^a   Hu, Jing Hua ^a   Wu, Qi ^a   Yan, Yuan Chang ^a   Koide, S S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA receptors; Spermatogenic cells

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; CELL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RNA;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034794569     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4732     Document Type: Article

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