Specific binding of 11-ketotestosterone in an androgen target organ, the kidney of the male three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 459-467

  Jakobsson, Staffan ^a   Mayer, Ian ^a   Schulz, Rüdiger W ^b   Blankenstein, Marinus A ^c   Borg, Bertil ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

11 ketotestosterone; Displacement; Kidney hypertrophy; Secondary sexual character; Specific binding; Testosterone; Three spined stickleback

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001362201     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01874920     Document Type: Article

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