Smooth muscle actin and vimentin as markers of testis development in the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 201-211

  Holt, W V ^a   Waller, J ^a   Moore, A ^a   Jepson, P D ^a   Deaville, R ^a   Bennett, P M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin; GATA 4; SMA; Spermatogenesis; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DESMIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; VIMENTIN;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CELL POLARITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GERM CELL; GONAD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PORPOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE PRESERVATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WILD TYPE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PORPOISES; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; VIMENTIN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MYOIDA; MYOIDEA; PHOCOENA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 5044241624     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8782.2004.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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