Possible involvement of aquaporin-7 and -8 in rat testis development and spermatogenesis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 288, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 619-625

  Calamita, Giuseppe ^a   Mazzone, Amelia ^a   Bizzoca, Antonella ^a   Svelto, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

AQP7; AQP8; Aquaporin water channel; Fluid; Sertoli cell; Spermatid; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 7; AQUAPORIN 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0035798124     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5810     Document Type: Article

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