Immunolocalization of androgen receptor and estrogen receptor in the developing testis and excurrent ducts of goats

Anatomical Record

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-62

  Goyal, Hari O ^a   Bartol, Frank F ^b   Wiley, Anne A ^b   Khalil, Mohammed K ^a   Chiu, Jiliang ^a   Vig, Madan M ^a  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Efferent ductules; Epididymis; Estrogen receptor; Goat; Immunocytochemistry; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; EFFERENT NERVE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GERM CELL; GOAT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETE TESTIS; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; GOATS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALIA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; CAPRA HIRCUS; MYOIDEA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030759004     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199709)249:1<54::AID-AR7>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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