Nitric Oxide/Nitric Oxide Synthase, Spermatogenesis, and Tight Junction Dynamics

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 267-276

  Lee, Nikki P Y ^a   Cheng, C Yan ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic adenosine monophosphate; Cyclic guanosine monophosphate; Nitric oxide; Signal transduction; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYTOKINE; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HORMONE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OCCLUDIN;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CONTRACEPTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0742306236     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.021329     Document Type: Short Survey

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