Rat prostaglandin D2 synthetase: Its tissue distribution, changes during maturation, and regulation in the testis and epididymis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 843-853

  Sorrentino, Claudio ^a   Silvestrini, Bruno ^b   Braghiroli, Laura ^a   Chung, Sanny S W ^a   Giacomelli, Sabrina ^b   Leone, Maria Grazia ^b   Xie, Yan Bo ^a   Sui, Ya Ping ^a   Mo, Meng Yun ^a   Cheng, C Yan ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; ISOMERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN R2 D ISOMERASE; PROSTAGLANDIN R2 D-ISOMERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPIDIDYMIS; GERM CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; CAPUT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; EPIDIDYMIS; GERM CELLS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 14444279188     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.4.843     Document Type: Article

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