Aromatase gene expression in rat testicular cells in vitro;Expression in vitro du gene de l'aromatase dans les cellules testiculaires du rat

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 320, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-129

  Levallet, Jérôme ^a   Carreau, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Aromatase; Rat; RT PCR; Sertoli and Leydig cells

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; BUCLADESINE; FOLLITROPIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BUCLADESINE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS;

EID: 0031080678     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(97)85003-2     Document Type: Article

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