Immunohistochemistry of the cytoskeleton in the excurrent ducts of the testis in birds of the Galloanserae monophyly

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 311-321

  Aire, T A ^a,b   Ozegbe, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

Birds (Aves: Galliformes, Anseriformes); Ductus deferens; Epididymis; Immunohistochemistry; Intermediate filaments

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DOMESTIC FOWL; DUCK; EJACULATORY DUCT; EPIDIDYMIS; GALLOANSERAE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MALE; MICROFILAMENT; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUAIL; RETE TESTIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TESTIS; TURKEY (BIRD); VAS DEFERENS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; DESMIN; EPIDIDYMIS; GALLIFORMES; KERATINS; MALE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS; VIMENTIN;

ANSERIFORMES; AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; GALLIFORMES; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 48149102490     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-008-0631-7     Document Type: Article

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