Immunocytochemical localization of androgen receptor in the comb, uropygial gland, testis, and epididymis in the domestic chicken

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-82

  Shanbhag, Bhagyashri A ^a,b   Sharp, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICKEN; COMB; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029921920     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0009     Document Type: Article

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