Multiple pathways for cationic amino acid transport in rat seminiferous tubule cells

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-249

  Cérec, Virginie ^a,b   Piquet Pellorce, Claire ^a,b   Aly, Hamdy A A ^a,c   Touzalin, Anne Marie ^a,b   Jégou, Bernard ^a,b   Bauché, Françoise ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c Al Azhar University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arginine; Cytokines; Germ cells; Nitric oxide; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Transport

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ARGININE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, BASIC; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; RATS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SODIUM; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; STEREOISOMERISM; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 33846868146     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.056168     Document Type: Article

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