Expression and immunolocalization of functional cytochrome p450 aromatase in mature rat testicular cells

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 919-926

  Levallet, Jérôme ^a   Bilinska, Barbara ^b   Mittre, Hervé ^a   Genissel, Christelle ^a   Fresnel, Jacqueline ^a   Carreau, Serge ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c Universite Esplanade de la Paix   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS CELL;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031896376     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.4.919     Document Type: Article

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