Evidence for expression of relaxin hormone-receptor system in the boar testis

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-149

  Kato, Shinichi ^a   Siqin, ^a,b   Minagawa, Itaru ^a,b   Aoshima, Takuya ^a   Sagata, Dai ^a   Konishi, Hirokazu ^a   Yogo, Keiichiro ^a,b   Kawarasaki, Tatsuo ^c   Sasada, Hiroshi ^d   Tomogane, Hiroshi ^e   Kohsaka, Tetsuya ^a,b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Shizuoka Swine and Poultry Experiment Station   (Japan)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RELAXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DNA SEQUENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SWINE; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; RELAXIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SWINE; TESTIS;

EID: 78049357652     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-10-0149     Document Type: Article

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