Ligand-dependent regulation of retinoic acid receptor α in rat testis: In vivo response to depletion and repletion of vitamin A

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1239-1248

  Akmal, Karin M ^a   Dufour, Jannette M ^a   Vo, Mynuong ^a   Higginson, Sarah ^a   Kim, Kwan Hee ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAND BINDING; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPERMATOCYTE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0031768918     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.3.5775     Document Type: Article

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