Quantification of stem cell factor mRNA levels in the rat testis: Usefulness of clusterin mRNA as a marker of the amount of mRNA of sertoli cell origin in post pubertal rats

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-143

  Plotton, Ingrid ^a   Sanchez, Pascale ^a   Perrard, Marie Hélène ^a   Durand, Phillipe ^a   Lejeune, Hervé ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHOXYACETIC ACID; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC STABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACHYTENE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLUSTERIN; GENETIC MARKERS; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SEXUAL MATURATION; STEM CELL FACTOR; TESTIS;

EID: 22544434668     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.05862     Document Type: Article

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