Effect of the photoperiod in modulating the androgenic control of 1-alkyl-2,3-diacylglycerol composition in the Harderian gland of the golden hamster, Mesocricetus auratus

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 277, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-105

  Buzzell, Gerald R ^a   Hida, Azumi ^b   Fu, Stanley ^a   Seyama, Yousuke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIACYLGLYCEROL; LIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HARDER GLAND; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DIGLYCERIDES; FEMALE; HARDERIAN GLAND; LIPIDS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; ORCHIECTOMY; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031080398     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19970201)277:2<99::AID-JEZ2>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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