Location and developmental regulation of androgen receptor in primate ovary

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-111

  Hillier, Stephen G ^a   Tetsuka, Masa ^a   Fraser, Hamish M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Androgen; Atresia; Follicular development; Gonadotrophins; Granulosa cells

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL PHASE; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIMATE; RECEPTOR DENSITY; STROMA; THECA CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0031047416     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.1.107     Document Type: Article

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