The reproductive activity in the testis of Podarcis s. sicula involves d-aspartic acid: A study on c-kit receptor protein, tyrosine kinase activity and PCNA protein during annual sexual cycle

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 373-383

  Raucci, Franca ^a   Fiore, Maria Maddalena Di ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

c Kit receptor protein; d Asp; PCNA; Reproduction; Seasonal breeder; Testosterone; Tyrosine kinase activity

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GERM LAYER; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIUM; LEYDIG CELL; LIZARD; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PODARCIS S SICULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 63449087597     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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