17β-estradiol induces Akt-1 through estrogen receptor-β in the frog (Rana esculenta) male germ cells

Reproduction

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 477-484

  Stabile, Veronica ^b   Russo, Maria ^a   Chieffi, Paolo ^b  

^a Dipto di Scienze Biomorfologiche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FULVESTRANT; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN KINASE B ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FROG; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING; WINTER; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; SEASON; SPERMATOZOON;

ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RANA ESCULENTA; SEASONS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33749521673     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.01107     Document Type: Article

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