Vasopressin and oxytocin gene expression in rat testis

Endocrinology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 2118-2128

  Foo, Ngee Chih ^a   Carter, David ^a   Murphy, David ^a   Ivell, Richard ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Institut fur Hormon und Fortpflanzungsforschung IHF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTIS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; OXYTOCIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, BRATTLEBORO; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RNA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TESTIS; TRANSLATION, GENETIC; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0025733334     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-128-4-2118     Document Type: Article

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