Nitric oxide production by cultured rat Leydig cells

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 994-998

  Tatsumi, Noboru ^a   Fujisawa, Masato ^a   Kanzaki, Masanori ^a   Okuda, Yoshihiro ^a   Okada, Hiroshi ^a   Arakawa, Soichi ^a   Kamidono, Sadao ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031057492     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.3.4961     Document Type: Article

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