Identification and androgen regulation of a 156-kDa hemeprotein in the Harderian gland of the Syrian hamster

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 297-303

  Vilchis, F ^a   Damsky, R ^a   Heuze, Y ^a,b   Enriquez J ^a   Chavez B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; HEMOPROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HARDER GLAND; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029930497     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0032     Document Type: Article

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