Estrogen receptor β localization in the lizard (Podarcis s. sicula) testis

Zygote

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-42

  Chieffi, Paolo ^a,b   Varriale, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Fertility; Proliferation; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GENE PRODUCT; ISOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIZARD; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; VERTEBRATE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIZARDS; MALE; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PODARCIS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3042681137     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199404002618     Document Type: Article

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