The effect of D-aspartate on spermatogenesis in mouse testis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Tomita, Keiji ^a   Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Kageyama, Susumu ^a   Nagasawa, Masayuki ^a   Wada, Akinori ^a   Murai, Ryosuke ^a   Kobayashi, Kenichi ^a   Hanada, Eiki ^a   Agata, Yasutoshi ^a   Kawauchi, Akihiro ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

D aspartate; Sertoli cell; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE OXIDASE; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ACROSOME; ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERM CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS RATE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TISSUE CULTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; D-ASPARTIC ACID; MALE; MICE; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 84959457171     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.115.134692     Document Type: Article

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