Identification of multiple claudins in the rat epididymis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 580-588

  Gregory, Mary ^a   Cyr, Daniel G ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood epididymal barrier; Development; Principal cells; Tight junctions

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN; CLAUDIN 1; CLAUDIN 16; CLAUDIN 3; CLAUDIN 4; CLAUDIN 5; CLAUDIN 6; CLAUDIN 7; CLAUDIN 8; CLAUDIN 9; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD EPIDIDYMIS BARRIER; CELL MEMBRANE; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATOZOA; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645457521     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20467     Document Type: Article

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