Distribution of Eppin in mouse and human testis

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-75

  Long, Yan ^a   Gu, Aihua ^a   Yang, Hua ^a   Ji, Guixiang ^a   Han, Xiumei ^a   Song, Ling ^a   Wang, Shoulin ^a   Wang, Xinru ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eppin; In situ hybridization; Spermatogonia

Indexed keywords

DNA; EPPIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; FROZEN SECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINASE INHIBITORY PROTEINS, SECRETORY; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS;

MUS;

EID: 78651387924     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2010.403     Document Type: Article

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