Zinc-regulating proteins, ZnT-1, and metallothionein I/II are present in different cell populations in the mouse testis

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 905-912

  Elgazar, Vered ^a   Razanov, Vladimir ^a   Stoltenberg, Meredin ^b   Hershfinkel, Michal ^a   Huleihel, Mahmoud ^a   Nitzan, Yuval Bibi ^a   Lunenfeld, Eitan ^a   Sekler, Israel ^a   Silverman, William F ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Germ cells; Ion homeostasis; Metal biology; Seminiferous tubule; Sertoli cell; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN I; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION; ZNT 1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTIS; ZINC;

EID: 21544447520     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.4A6482.2005     Document Type: Article

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