Bidder's organ in the toad Bufo marinus: Effects of orchidectomy on the morphology and expression of lamina-associated polypeptide 2

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 527-535

  Brown, Federico D ^a   Del Pino, Eugenia M ^a   Krohne, Georg ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bidder's organ; Bufo; Lamina associated polypeptide 2 (LAP2); Oocyte; Testis

Indexed keywords

LAMINA ASSOCIATED POLYPEPTIDE 2 BETA; LAMINA ASSOCIATED POLYPEPTIDE 2 OMEGA; POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; ORCHIECTOMY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMATIC CELL; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BUFO MARINUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OOCYTES; OVARY; TESTIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO MARINUS; BUFONIDAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036923929     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.2002.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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