Expression of Prothymosin alpha during the spermatogenesis of the spotted ray Torpedo marmorata

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-76

  Prisco, Marina ^a   Donizetti, Aldo ^a   Aniello, Francesco ^a   Locascio, Annamaria ^b   Del Giudice, Giuseppina ^a   Agnese, Marisa ^a   Angelini, Francesco ^a   Andreuccetti, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Prothymosin alpha; Spermatogenesis; Torpedo marmorata

Indexed keywords

PROTHYMOSIN ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SURFACE CHARGE; TORPEDO MARMORATA;

EID: 67650604365     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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