Epithelial localization of green fluorescent protein-positive cells in epididymis of the GAD67-GFP knock-in mouse

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 568-577

  Abe, Hirokazu ^a   Yanagawa, Yuchio ^b   Kanbara, Kiyoto ^a   Maemura, Kentaro ^a   Hayasaki, Hana ^a   Azuma, Haruhito ^a   Obata, Kunihiko ^c   Katsuoka, Yoji ^a   Yabumoto, Masami ^d   Watanabe, Masahito ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d Medical Corporation Kinshukai   (Japan)

Author keywords

GABA; GABA B receptor; GABAA receptor; Immunohistochemistry; Narrow cell

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID AALPHA2 RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID ABETA1 RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID AGAMMA1 RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID AGAMMA3 RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BR1 RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BR2 RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCK IN MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NARROW CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 23844440182     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.04157     Document Type: Article

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