Distribution of the site of 17α,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one production in the spermiating amago salmon (Oncorhynchus rhodurus) testis

Biomedical Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 473-477

  Sakai, Noriyoshi ^a   Suzuki, Norio ^b   Nagahama, Yoshitaka ^c  

^a FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; 3ALPHA(OR 20BETA) HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; GONADOTROPIN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCORHYNCHUS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALMON; SOMATIC CELL; SPERM; TESTIS;

AMAGO SALMON; ANIMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA; ONCORHYNCHUS RHODURUS;

EID: 0030512385     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.17.473     Document Type: Article

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