Effect of anti-Mullerian hormone on Sertoli and Leydig cell functions in fetal and immature rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1213-1220

  Rouiller Fabre, V ^a   Carmona, S ^b   Abou Merhi, R ^c   Cate, R ^d   Habert, R ^a   Vigier, B ^b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d BIOGEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0031770045     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.3.5785     Document Type: Article

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