Pem: A testosterone- and LH-regulated homeobox gene expressed in mouse Sertoli cells and epididymis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 471-484

  Lindsey, J Suzanne ^a   Wilkinson, Miles F ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030296865     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0276     Document Type: Article

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