Quantitative and spatial differences in the expression of tryptophan-metabolizing enzymes in mouse epididymis

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 324, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 301-310

  Britan, Aurore ^a   Maffre, Violette ^a   Tone, Shigenobu ^b   Drevet, Joël R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caput epididymidis; Epididymis; Indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase; Mouse (Swiss strain CD1); Smooth muscle layer; Tryptophan dioxygenase

Indexed keywords

INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN 2,3 DIOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDOLEAMINE-PYRROLE 2,3,-DIOXYGENASE; MALE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN OXYGENASE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33645810408     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-005-0151-7     Document Type: Article

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