Immunohistochemical localisation of PDE5 in Leydig and myoid cells of prepuberal and adult rat testis

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 401-407

  Scipioni, Angela ^a   Stefanini, Stefania ^a   Santone, Rocco ^b   Giorgi, Mauro ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

SM actin; cGMP; Desmin; Peritubular cells; Phosphodiesterase 5

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; DESMIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; TESTIS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

3',5'-CYCLIC-GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL FRACTIONATION; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MYOIDA;

EID: 27544451970     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-005-0057-1     Document Type: Article

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