Histochemical study of glycoconjugates in active and photoperiodically-regressed testis of hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-173

  Pastor, Luis M ^b   Morales, Eva ^c   Polo, Luis A ^c   Calvo, Alfonso ^a   Pallarés, Jacinto ^c   De La Viesca, Sheila ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Glycoconjugates; Hamster; Lectins; Photoperiod; Testes

Indexed keywords

CELLS; HORMONES; PROTEINS;

HISTOCHEMICAL METHODS;

HISTOLOGY;

DIGOXIGENIN; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; LECTIN;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; HAMSTER; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HORMONE RESPONSE; LAMINA PROPRIA; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TESTIS; TESTIS ATROPHY;

ANIMALIA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0038714570     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0065-1281-00701     Document Type: Article

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