ADAM7, a member of the ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloprotease) gene family is specifically expressed in the mouse anterior pituitary and epididymis

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4262-4272

  Cornwall, Gail A ^a   Hsia, Nelson ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINTEGRIN; METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030886989     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.10.5468     Document Type: Article

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