An androgen-regulated homeobox gene expressed in rat testis and epididymis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 975-983

  Lindsey, J Suzanne ^a   Wilkinson, Miles F ^b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPIDIDYMIS; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; IMPLANTATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG IMPLANTS; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029858292     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.5.975     Document Type: Article

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