Early presence of immune cells in the developing gonad of the gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758)

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 440-445

  Chaves Pozo, Elena ^c   Liarte, Sergio ^a   Mulero, Iván ^a   Abellán, Emilia ^b   Meseguer, José ^a   García Ayala, Alfonsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^c Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Gonadal development; Immune cells

Indexed keywords

SPARUS AURATA;

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA BREAM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MALE; OVARY; SEA BREAM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 70349763756     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.20203     Document Type: Article

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