Steady state steroid 5 α-reductase messenger ribonucleic acid levels and immunocytochemical localization of the type 1 protein in the rat testis during postnatal development

Endocrinology

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 5409-5415

  Viger, Robert S ^a,b   Robaire, Bernard ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

EID: 0028804062     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.136.12.7588289     Document Type: Article

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