Immunohistochemical localization of androgen receptor in mouse testicular germ cells during fetal and postnatal development

Anatomical Record

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 509-518

  Zhou, Xinhua ^a,b   Kudo, Akihiko ^a   Kawakami, Hayato ^a   Hirano, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Immunohistochemistry; Leydig cells; Mouse; Prospermatogonia; Sertoli cells; Spermatogonia; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; MYOIDEA;

EID: 0029991553     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199607)245:3<509::AID-AR7>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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