Age-dependent expression of the androgen receptor gene in the prostate and its implication in glandular differentiation and hyperplasia

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-106

  Prins, Gail S ^a   Jung, Myeong H ^b   Vellanoweth, Robert L ^b   Chatterjee, Bandana ^b   Roy, Arun K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging prostate; androgen receptor; androgen receptor mRNA; benign prostatic hyperplasia; prostate; prostate development

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HYPERPLASIA; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DOGS; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RATS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029993452     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1996)18:2<99::AID-DVG2>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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