Expression and immunohistochemical localization of aquaporin-1 in male reproductive organs of the mouse

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Lu, D Y ^a,b   Li, Y ^a   Bi, Z W ^a   Yu, H M ^a,c   Li, X J ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 1; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; EPIDIDYMIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 1; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; EPIDIDYMIS; GENITALIA, MALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

MUS;

EID: 38149014739     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: 14390264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2007.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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