Expression of the soluble adenylyl cyclase during rat spermatogenesis: Evidence for cytoplasmic sites of cAMP production in germ cells

Developmental Biology

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 196-206

  Xie, Fang ^a   Conti, Marco ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclase; Sperm; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; CYCLIC AMP; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL LYSATE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; FIBROBLAST; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CELL; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0345731235     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.09.020     Document Type: Article

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