Testosterone-immunopositive primordial germ cells in the testis of the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 519-523

  Sasso Cerri, Estela ^a   Freymuller E ^b   Miraglia, S M ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Androgen; Immunohistochemistry; Interstitial cells; Seasonal spermatogenesis; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BREEDING; BULLFROG; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIUM; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SUMMER; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WINTER;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; RANA CATESBEIANA; SEASONS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

AMPHIBIA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 21044456619     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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