Sperm storage in the female reproductive tract of Scotophilus heathii: Role of androgen

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 477-487

  Roy, Vikas Kumar ^a   Krishna, Amitabh ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CASPASE 3; FLUTAMIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BAT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SCOTOPHILUS HEATHII; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 3; CHIROPTERA; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITALIA, FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE; UTERUS;

SCOTOPHILUS;

EID: 79960563205     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21328     Document Type: Article

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