The mouse inhibin α-subunit promoter directs SV40 T-antigen to Leydig cells in transgenic mice

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-146

  Kananen, Kirsi ^a   Markkula, Merja ^a   El Hefnawy, Talal ^a   Zhang, Fu Ping ^a   Paukku, Tommi ^a   Su, Jyan Gwo J ^b   Hsueh, Aaron J W ^b   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inhibin ; Leydig cell; LH action; SV40 T antigen; Testis

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; BIOTIN; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; INHIBIN; IODINE 125; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TESTOSTERONE; VIRUS T ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FUSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TESTIS TUMOR; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0029950557     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(96)03802-6     Document Type: Article

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