Male germ cells: A new source of estrogens in the mammalian testis;Les cellules germinales males: Une nouvelle source d'estrogenes dans le testicule des mammiferes

Annales d'Endocrinologie

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 79-92

  Carreau, S ^a   Bilinska, B ^b   Levallet, J ^a  

^a Universite   (France)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Estrogens; Germinal cells; Mammalian testis; Rat; Testis

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; ANDROGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; SPERMATOZOON;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; ESTROGENS; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MAMMALS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0031684919     PISSN: 00034266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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