Immunolocalization of 3β-HSD and 17β-HSD in the testis of the spotted ray Torpedo marmorata

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-163

  Prisco, Marina ^a   Liguoro, Annamaria ^a   Ricchiari, Loredana ^a   Del Giudice, Giuseppina ^a   Angelini, Francesco ^a   Andreuccetti, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

17 Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17 HSD); 3 Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3 HSD); Cartilaginous fish; Germ cells; Leydig cells; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN; ENZYME ANTIBODY; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; 3 (OR 17) BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3 (OR 17)-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TORPEDO MARMORATA; ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TORPEDO;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; 3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEIOSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS; TORPEDO;

EID: 36248969635     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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