Ultrastructural and immunocytochemical analysis of the XY body in rat and Guinea pig

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-54

  Echeverría, Olga M ^a,c   Benavente, R ^b   Ortiz, R ^a   Vazquez Nin G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

RNA; Sex vesicle; Synaptonemal complex; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEX CHROMOSOME; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037230210     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/806     Document Type: Article

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