Postnatal changes in the expression of claudin-11 in the testes and excurrent ducts of the domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus)

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-306

  Park, Chan Jin ^a   Lee, Jae Eun ^a   Oh, Youngxs Seok ^a   Shim, Sara ^a   Kim, Dong Min ^a   Park, Nam Cheol ^b   Park, Hyun Jun ^b   Gye, Myung Chan ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Testis

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 11; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CLAUDIN; PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; VAS DEFERENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLAUDINS; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TESTIS;

EID: 79960925167     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.110.010611     Document Type: Article

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