UBPy/MSJ-1 system during male germ cell progression in the frog, Rana esculenta

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 275-279

  Meccariello, Rosaria ^a   Chianese, Rosanna ^b   Scarpa, Donatella ^b   Berruti, Giovanna ^c   Cobellis, Gilda ^b   Pierantoni, Riccardo ^b   Fasano, Silvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

De ubiquitinating enzyme; Frog; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN DNAJ; PROTEIN MSJ 1; PROTEINASE; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; GERM CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 34547122739     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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