Expression and regulation of steroid 5α-reductase in the genital tubercle of the fetal rat

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 117-126

  Tian, Hui ^a   Russell, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dihydrotestosterone; male phenotype; mesenchyme; sexual development; steroid 5 reductase

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; MESENCHYME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENITALIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

EID: 0030949403     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199705)209:1<117::AID-AJA11>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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