Seasonal changes in immunolocalization of inhibin/activin subunits and testicular activity in wild male raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides)

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 503-510

  Weng, Qiang ^a,b   Medan, Mohamed S ^b,c   Xu, Meiyu ^a   Tsubota, Toshio ^d   Watanabe, Gen ^b,d   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^b,d  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Inhibin; Leydig cell; Raccoon dog; Sertoli cell

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN; INHIBIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; INHIBIN-ALPHA SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; RACCOON DOG; SEASON; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBINS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; RACCOON DOGS; SEASONS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES; SUIDAE;

EID: 33748653389     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.18011     Document Type: Article

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