A and B forms of the androgen receptor are expressed in a variety of human tissues

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-57

  Wilson, Carol M ^a   McPhaul, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Androgen receptor; Fetal; Human; Isoforms; Tissue distribution

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029893047     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(96)03819-1     Document Type: Article

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