Androgen receptor gene expression in the primate ovary: Cellular localization, regulation, and functional correlations

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2479-2485

  Weil, S J ^a,b   Vendola, K ^a   Zhou, J ^a   Adesanya, O O ^a   Wang, J ^a   Okafor, J ^a   Bondy, C A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEAL PHASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; RHESUS MONKEY; STROMA CELL; THECA CELL;

EID: 0031757965     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.83.7.4917     Document Type: Article

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