Negative feedback control of the spermatogenic progression by testicular oestrogen synthesis: Insights from the shark testis model

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Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 252-258

  Betka, Marlies ^a   Callard, Gloria V ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Dogfish shark; Negative feedback; Oestrogen; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; DNA; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; MALE; MEIOSIS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SERTOLI CELL; SHARK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

EID: 0031891659     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb01344.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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