Abnormal Leydig cell development at puberty in the androgen-resistant Tfm mouse

Endocrinology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 1372-1377

  Murphy, L ^a   Jeffcoate, I A ^a   O'shaughnessy P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESISTANCE; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; TESTICULAR FEMINIZATION; TESTIS DESCENT;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANDROGENS; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; DNA; DRUG RESISTANCE; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN WEIGHT; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX MATURATION; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0027968766     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.135.4.7925099     Document Type: Article

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