Novel localization of orexin A in the tubular cytotypes of the rat testis

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 164, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 53-57

  Tafuri, Simona ^a   Muto, Roberta Lo ^a   Pavone, Luigi Michele ^a   Valiante, Salvatore ^a   Costagliola, Anna ^a   Staiano, Norma ^a   Vittoria, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Orexin A; Rat; Sertoli cells; Spermatids; Testis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OREXIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM LAYER; HISTOGENESIS; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; TESTIS CELL; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATIDS; TESTIS;

RATTUS;

EID: 77955841724     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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