Androgen regulation of molecular forms of β-D-glucuronidase in the mouse epididymis: Comparison with liver and kidney

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 194-207

  Abou Haila, A ^a   Tulsiani, D R P ^b   Skudlarek, M D ^b   Orgebin Crist, M C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

glucuronidase; Androgen regulation; egasyn; mouse epididymis; two dimensional electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; EPIDIDYMIS; GLUCURONIDASE; ISOENZYMES; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; ORCHIECTOMY; PRECIPITIN TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030014851     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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