Separate locations of urocortin and its receptors in mouse testis: Function in male reproduction and the relevant mechanisms

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 303-312

  Tao, Jin ^a,b   Lin, Min ^a   Sha, Jiahao ^a   Tan, Gregory ^b   Soong, Tuck Wah ^b   Li, Shengnan ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction (AR); Corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF); Sperm motility; T type calcium channel; Urocortin (UCN)

Indexed keywords

ASTRESSIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; UROCORTIN;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS;

EID: 34247868003     PISSN: 10158987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000100649     Document Type: Article

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