The so-called "testis-specific aldehyde dehydrogenase" corresponds to type 2 retinaldehyde dehydrogenase in the mouse

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-174

  Maly, I Piotr ^a   Crotet, Valérie ^a   Toranelli, Mireille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Embryonic development; Isoelectric focusing; Mouse retinaldehyde dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ISOENZYME; RETINALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 2; TESTIS SPECIFIC ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037294681     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-002-0488-x     Document Type: Article

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