Localization of the cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage enzyme in the inactive testis of the naked mole-rat

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 673-678

  Endo, Hideki ^a   Okanoya, Kazuo ^a   Park, Thomas J ^a   Sasaki, Motoki ^a   Tanemura, Kentaro ^a   Kimura, Junpei ^a   Hayashi, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Naked mole rat; Spermatogenesis; Testosterone; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLE RAT; NICK END LABELING; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MOLE RATS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER;

EID: 0036619771     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.673     Document Type: Article

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