Ontogeny of 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/Δ5 - Δ4 isomerase (3β-HSD) in rat testis as studied by immunocytochemistry

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 187, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 583-589

  Dupont, Éric ^a   Labrie, Fernand ^a   Luu The, Van ^a   Pelletier, Georges ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 HSD; Immunocytochemistry; Leydig cells; Ontogeny; Rat testis

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FETUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS;

EID: 0027237629     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: 14320568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00214437     Document Type: Article

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