Connexin 43 expression in the testis of the frog Rana esculenta

Zygote

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 349-357

  Izzo, G ^a   D'Istria, M ^a   Ferrara, D ^a   Serino, I ^a   Aniello, F ^b   Minucci, S ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cx43 expression; Leydig cells; Rana esculenta; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONNEXIN 43; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RANA ESCULENTA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANURA; MAMMALIA; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 33845299188     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: 14698730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S096719940600390X     Document Type: Article

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