Studies on the expression of 80-kDa human sperm antigen in rat testis and epididymis

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 753-762

  Khobarekar, Bharati G ^a   Vernekar, Vandana J ^a   Prabagaran, Esakki ^a   Raghavan, Vijaya P ^a   Bandivdekar, Atmaram H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Androgen; Antiandrogen; Developmental expression; Immunocontraception; Immunohistochemistry; Sperm antigen

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMESYLATE; SPERM ANTIGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

AGE FACTORS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CALLITHRIX; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; EPIDIDYMIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

RATTUS;

EID: 34250791556     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.6A7132.2007     Document Type: Article

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