Ontogeny of inhibin secretion in the rat testis: Secretion of inhibin- related proteins from fetal Leydig cells and of bioactive inhibin from Sertoli cells

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-34

  Noguchi, J ^a,b   Hikono, H ^a,c   Sato, S ^a   Watanabe, G ^a   Taya, K ^a   Sasamoto, S ^a   Hasegawa, Y ^a,d  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; FETUS; GERM CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS;

EID: 0030869297     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1550027     Document Type: Article

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