Kiss1 and Kiss1 receptor expression in the rhesus monkey testis: A possible local regulator of testicular function

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 968-974

  Tariq, Amna R ^a   Shahab, Muhammad ^a   Clarke, Iain J ^b   Pereira, Alda ^b   Smith, Jeremy T ^b   Khan, Saeed ul Hasan ^a   Sultan, Javeria ^a   Javed, Sehrish ^a   Anwar, Tayyaba ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Germ cells; Immunohistochemistry; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881050878     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-013-0219-4     Document Type: Article

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