Immunolocalisation and expression of Smad2 and Smad4 proteins in dog testis during postnatal development

Andrologia

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 254-260

  Zhang, X J ^a   He, J P ^a   Wen, X X ^a   Zhao, L ^a  

^a SHANXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dog; Smad2; Smad4; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DOG; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; DOGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; SERTOLI CELLS; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TESTIS;

EID: 79959967430     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2010.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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