Expression and localization of c-ros oncogene along the human excurrent duct

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 697-703

  Légaré, Christine ^a   Sullivan, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

C ros; Epididymis; Gene expression; Sperm maturation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; ONCOGENE; ONCOGENE C ROS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 5044249317     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gah087     Document Type: Article

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