Electron microscope radioautographic evidence of in vivo androgen-binding protein internalization in the rat epididymis principal cells

Endocrinology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 1297-1307

  Gerard, A ^a   Khanfri, J ^a   Grignon, G ^a   Gerard, H ^a   Gueant, J L ^a   Fremont, S ^a   Nicolas, J P ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN BINDING PROTEIN; RADIOISOTOPE;

ANIMAL CELL; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPIDIDYMIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANDROGEN-BINDING PROTEIN; ANIMAL; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPIDIDYMIS; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; STANOLONE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0023906327     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-122-4-1297     Document Type: Article

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