Effect of estradiol on expression of cytoskeletal proteins during spermatogenesis in testis of sexually mature rats

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1068-1079

  Choudhuri, J ^c   Aleem, M ^b   Padwal, V ^a   Das Gupta, P ^c   D'Souza, R ^a   Pathak, S ^a   Balasinor, N ^a   Gill Sharma, M K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Estradiol; Sertoli cell morphology; Sperm counts; Vimentin; Vinculin

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; LIPID; RNA; TESTOSTERONE; VIMENTIN; VINCULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSKELETON; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOSKELETON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; LIPIDS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; VIMENTIN; VINCULIN;

EID: 27644565138     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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