The synthesis and role of taurine in the Japanese eel testis

Amino Acids

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 773-781

  Higuchi, Masato ^a   Celino, Fritzie T ^a   Tamai, Ayako ^a   Miura, Chiemi ^a   Miura, Takeshi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cysteine dioxygenase; In vitro culture; Progestin; Spermatogenesis; Taurine

Indexed keywords

17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; CARBOXYLYASE; CYSTEINE DIOXYGENASE; CYSTEINE DIOXYGENASE 1; CYSTEINE SULFINATE DECARBOXYLASE; MESSENGER RNA; SPO11 PROTEIN; TAURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; EEL; ENZYME ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SYNTHESIS; TAURINE SYNTHESIS; TESTIS; TISSUE LEVEL; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; CARBOXY-LYASES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE DIOXYGENASE; FISH PROTEINS; HYDROXYPROGESTERONES; MALE; MEIOSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TAURINE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84864764295     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-011-1128-3     Document Type: Article

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