Sertoli cell-specific expression of rat androgen-binding protein in transgenic mice: Effects on somatic cell lineages

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 127-136

  Esteban, Cristina ^a   Gérard, Anne ^b   Larrib, Sara ^a   Torán, Núria ^a   Gérard, Hubert ^b   Reventós, Jaume ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MATERNO INFANTIL VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Androgen binding protein (ABP); Leydig; Mice; Peritubular cells; Rat; Sertoli; Testis; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN BINDING PROTEIN; FAT DROPLET; STEROID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANDROGEN-BINDING PROTEIN; ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 0030929553     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(97)00113-5     Document Type: Article

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