Testicular endocrine activity is upregulated by D-aspartic acid in the green frog, Rana esculenta

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 365-376

  Raucci, F ^a   Assisi, L ^b   D'Aniello, S ^c   Spinelli, P ^c   Botte, V ^b   Di Fiore, Maria M ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Zoological Station   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTATE RACEMASE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYCLINE; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; DEXTRO GLUTAMIC ACID; ESTRADIOL; GLUTAMIC ACID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SECRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FROG; GONAD; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; ESTRADIOL; GENITALIA; MALE; RANA ESCULENTA; SPERMATOGENESIS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 4444247403     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1820365     Document Type: Article

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