Enhancement of the affinity of androgen receptor in the adrenal medulla of spontaneously hypertensive rats

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1179-1191

  Kumai, Toshio ^a   Tanaka, Masami ^a   Tateishi, Tomonori ^a   Watanabe, Minoru ^a   Nakura, Hironori ^a   Kobayashi, Shinichi ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal medulla; Androgen receptor; Inbred SHR; Rats; Tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030819719     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641969709083211     Document Type: Article

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