Disrupted expression of intermediate filaments in the testis of rhesus monkey after experimental cryptorchidism

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 234-239

  Zhang, Zhi Hong ^a   Hu, Zhao Yuan ^a   Song, Xin Xin ^a   Xiao, Li Juan ^a   Zou, Ru Jin ^b   Han, Chun Sheng ^a   Liu, Yi Xun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Cytokeratin; Desmin; Sertoli cell; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 18; DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CRYPTORCHISM; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHESUS MONKEY; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; TISSUE LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; KERATINS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; TESTIS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 4043162699     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2004.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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