Expression of growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9) and its receptor in adult cat testis

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 771-776

  Zhao, Li ^a   He, JunPing ^a   Guo, QingYun ^a   Wen, XueXue ^a   Zhang, XueJing ^a   Dong, ChangSheng ^a  

^a SHANXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activin receptor like kinases 5; Cat; Growth differentiation factor 9; Sertoli cell; Smad2 3; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CAT; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTORS; CATS; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; SERTOLI CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 80855124817     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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