Glycoconjugates of the urodele amphibian testis shown by lectin cytochemical methods

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-76

  Sáez, Francisco José ^a   Madrid, Juan Francisco ^b   Cardoso, Sergio ^a   Gómez, Laura ^a   Hernández, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Histochemistry; Oligosaccharides; Sperm; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS;

ACROSOME; CYTOCHEMICAL; DEGLYCOSYLATION; GLYCANS; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HISTOCHEMISTRY; PRE-TREATMENTS; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SUGAR MOIETY;

OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCAN; GLYCOCONJUGATE; LECTIN;

ACROSOME; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DEGLYCOSYLATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PLEURODELES WALTL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

AMPHIBIA; PLEURODELES WALTL; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 3843075303     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20059     Document Type: Review

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