Quantification of PERF 15 mRNA in tissue sections from rat testes

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 183-192

  Kogami, Takashi ^a   Miki, Yukari ^a   Yamada, Teruo ^a   Umegaki, Teruo ^a   Nishimura, Makoto ^a   Amo, Takashi ^a   Kosaka, Jun ^a   Sasaki, Junzo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

In situ hybridization; mRNA; PERF 15; Quantification; Testes

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN PERF 15; TESTIS PEPTIDE HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PACHYTENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS;

EID: 33846022017     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: 13475800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.06016     Document Type: Article

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