Morphometric study of the gubernaculum in male estrogen receptor mutant mice

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-95

  Donaldson, Karen M ^a   Tong, Steven Y C ^a   Washburn, Todd ^b   Lubahn, Dennis B ^b   Eddy, Edward M ^b   Hutson, John M ^a   Korach, Kenneth S ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

cremaster; ERKO; estrogen; estrogen receptor; gubernaculum; processus vaginalis; testis

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CREMASTER MUSCLE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS SIZE;

ANIMALS; CRYPTORCHIDISM; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TESTIS;

EID: 0030001706     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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