Immunohistochemical study of flotillin-1 in the rat testis during postnatal development

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 224-231

  Kim, Heechul ^a   Moon, Changjong ^b   Shin, Taekyun ^a  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Development; Flotillin 1; Sertoli cell; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

FLOTILLIN 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIPID RAFT; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

RATTUS;

EID: 43049126802     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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