Expression of the retinoic acid-metabolizing enzymes RALDH2 and CYP26b1 during mouse postnatal testis development

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 569-576

  Wu, Jing Wen ^a,b   Wang, Ru Yao ^a,b   Guo, Qiang Su ^a,b   Xu, Chen ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Shanghai Key Laboratory for Reproductive Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

CYP26b1; RALDH2; Retinoic acid; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME P450 26B1; DRUG METABOLIZING ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOIC ACID;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RABBITS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATIDS; TESTIS;

EID: 45749113777     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2008.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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