P450 aromatase messenger ribonucleic acid expression in male rat germ cells: Detection by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction amplification

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 651-658

  Janulis, Lynn ^a   Bahr, Janice M ^a   Hess, Rex A ^a   Bunick, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

estrogen; Germ cells; P450 aromatase; RT PCR; spermatids; testis

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; AROMATASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL SEPARATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENOME; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATIDS;

EID: 0030443499     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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