Epididymis is a novel site of erythropoietin production in mouse reproductive organs

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 145-151

  Kobayashi, Toshihiro ^a   Yanase, Haruko ^b   Iwanaga, Toshihiko ^b   Sasaki, Ryuzo ^c   Nagao, Masaya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Erythropoietin; Hypoxia; In situ hybridization; Male reproductive tract; Testis

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; HYPOXIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERSTITIUM; KIDNEY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PROBES; EPIDIDYMIS; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS;

EID: 0036038271     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00832-X     Document Type: Article

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