Fra1 activity in the frog, Rana esculenta, testis: A new potential role in sperm transport

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1101-1108

  Cobellis, Gilda ^a   Lombardi, Monica ^a   Scarpa, Donatella ^a   Izzo, Gaia ^a   Fienga, Giulia ^a   Meccariello, Rosaria ^a   Pierantoni, Riccardo ^a   Fasano, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

AP 1; Blood vessel; Efferent duct; Fos family proteins; Fra1; Male reproductive tract; Male sexual function; Peritubular myoid cell; Proto oncogenes; Reproduction; Sperm motility and transport; Spermiation; Testis

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FRA 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FROG; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPERMATIC CORD; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RANA ESCULENTA; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPERM TRANSPORT; TESTIS;

ANURA; MYOIDEA; RANA ESCULENTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 17444428576     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.036541     Document Type: Article

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