Exogenous stem cell factor (SCF) compensates for altered endogenous SCF expression in 2,5-hexanedione-induced testicular atrophy in rats

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 185-193

  Allard, Elizabeth K ^b   Blanchard, Kerry T ^b   Boekelheide, Kim ^a,b  

^a Burroughs Wellcome Co   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONYLACETONE; BROXURIDINE; MESSENGER RNA; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS ATROPHY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029816118     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.1.185     Document Type: Article

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