Identification of the mineralocorticoid receptor in human spermatozoa

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 649-652

  Fiore, Cristina ^a   Sticchi, Daniele ^a   Pellati, Donatella ^a   Forzan, Sante ^a   Bonanni, Guglielmo ^a   Bertoldo, Alessandro ^a   Massironi, Michele ^a   Calò, Lorenzo ^a   Fassina, Ambrogio ^a   Rossi, Gian Paolo ^a   Armanini, Decio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunostaining; Mineralocorticoid receptors; Real time PCR; Sequencing; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

ADULT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 39049193180     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.18.4.649     Document Type: Article

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