Identification and expression of epidermal growth factor gene in mouse testis

Cell Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-59

  Zhang, Mei Lan ^a   Yan, Yuan Chang ^a   Sun, Y A Ping ^a   Koide, S S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factor; Gene expression; Sexual maturation; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TESTIS;

EID: 0031156056     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.1997.6     Document Type: Article

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