A novel peptide from the growth hormone releasing hormone gene stimulates Sertoli cell activity

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2159-2162

  Breyer, Paul R ^a   Rothrock, James K ^a   Beaudry, Norman ^b   Pescovitz, Ora Hirsch ^a,c  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^b Corning Hazleton Inc ^*  (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0029913366     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.5.8612561     Document Type: Article

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