Cellular and intracellular distribution of growth hormone in the adult chicken testis

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 344-357

  Martinez Moreno C G ^a   Palma, L ^b   Carranza, M ^a   Harvey, S ^c   Aramburo C ^a   Luna, M ^a  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chicken growth hormone (GH); Growth hormone receptor (GHR); Intracellular; Spermatid; Spermatocyte; Spermatogonia; Testes

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICKEN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GERM CELL; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

EID: 79957795971     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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