Detection of glycine receptor/Cl- channel beta subunit transcripts in mouse testis

Zygote

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-108

  Sato, Yoko ^a,b   Tucker, Richard P ^a   Meizel, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; In situ hybridisation; RT PCR; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GLRB PROTEIN, MOUSE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 0036584063     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199402002149     Document Type: Article

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