Variation in the end products of androgen biosynthesis and metabolism during postnatal differentiation of rat leydig cells

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3787-3795

  Ge, Ren Shan ^a   Hardy, Matthew P ^a,b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHESIS; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; STEM CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031790274     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.9.6183     Document Type: Article

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