Persistent expression of a truncated form of the luteinizing hormone receptor messenger ribonucleic acid in the rat testis after selective Leydig cell destruction by ethylene dimethane sulfonate

Endocrinology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 1018-1024

  Tena Sempere, Manuel ^a,b   Zhang, Fu Ping ^a   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTIS;

EID: 0028107819     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.135.3.8070344     Document Type: Article

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