Seasonal changes in immunoreactivity of activin signaling component proteins in wild ground squirrel testes

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-131

  Sheng, Xia ^a   Zhang, Haolin ^a   Zhang, Mengyuan ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Hu, Xiao ^a   Song, Moshi ^a   Zhou, Jiao ^a   Xu, Meiyu ^a   Weng, Qiang ^a,b   Watanabe, Gen ^b,c   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^b,c  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ActRIIB; SMAD; Spermatogenesis; Testes; Wild ground squirrel

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; SMAD7 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; SEASON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE II; ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; SMAD7 PROTEIN; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS;

SPERMOPHILUS;

EID: 84859133992     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.11-005S     Document Type: Article

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