Polyamines in spermatocytes and residual bodies of rat testis

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 649-655

  Shin, Masashi ^a   Larsson, Lars Inge ^b   Fujiwara, Kunio ^a  

^a SOJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Double immunofluorescence; Immunocytochemistry; Polyamines; Rat; Residual body

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; METHYL GREEN; POLYAMINE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; PYRONINE; RIBONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; RIBOSOME; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STAINING;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; METHYL GREEN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; POLYAMINES; PYRONINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RIBOSOMES; RNA; SPERMATOCYTES; STAINING AND LABELING; TESTIS;

RATTUS;

EID: 34249946588     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-007-0285-7     Document Type: Article

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