Molecular cloning and hormonal regulation of a murine epididymal retinoic acid-binding protein messenger ribonucleic acid

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2971-2981

  Lareyre, Jean Jacques ^a   Zheng, Weng Li ^a   Zhao, Guang Quan ^a   Kasper, Susan ^a   Newcomer, Marcia E ^a   Matusik, Robert J ^a   Ong, David E ^a   Orgebin Crist, Marie Claire ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RETINOIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

EID: 0031789624     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.6.6074     Document Type: Article

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