Telomerase activity in normal adult brown norway rat seminal vesicle: Regional distribution and age-dependent changes

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1075-1081

  Banerjee, Partha P ^a   Banerjee, Subhadra ^a   Zirkin, Barry R ^a   Brown, Terry R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL REGENERATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031737962     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.3.5839     Document Type: Article

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