Transferrin gene expression and secretion in rat sertoli cells

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 168-175

  Suire, S ^a   Fontaine, I ^a   Guillou, F ^a,b  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Sertoli cells; Testicular development; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HALF LIFE TIME; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; POLYRIBOSOMES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030800566     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199710)48:2<168::AID-MRD4>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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