Identification of a nuclear localization signal in activin/inhibin ̄(A) subunit; intranuclear ̄(A) in rat spermatogenic cells

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 588-593

  Bläuer, Merja ^a   Husgafvel, Sari ^b   Syvälä, Heimo ^c   Tuohimaa, Pentti ^a   Ylikomi, Timo ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; INHIBIN; INHIBIN A;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0345355176     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.3.588     Document Type: Article

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