Distribution of the androgen receptor in the testicle;Localisation du recepteur des androgenes dans le testicule

Andrologie

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 293-304

  Suarez Quian, C A ^a   Oke, B O ^b   Vornberger, W ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Androgen receptor androgen; Germ cells; Immunohistochemistry; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; GERM CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031438737     PISSN: 11662654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03034547     Document Type: Article

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