Embryonic myosin heavy chain and troponin T isoforms remain in the cremaster muscle of adult rat cryptorchidism induced with flutamide

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 279-290

  Tobe, Toyofusa ^a   Toyota, Naoji ^a   Matsuno, Yoshiharu ^a   Komiyama, Masatoshi ^a   Adachi, Tetsuya ^a   Ito, Haruo ^a   Mori, Chisato ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUTAMIDE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; TROPONIN T;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREMASTER MUSCLE; CRYPTORCHISM; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0036669788     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.65.279     Document Type: Article

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