Regulation of androgen and estrogen receptors in male excurrent ducts of the goat: An immunohistochemical study

Anatomical Record

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 164-171

  Goyal, Hari O ^a   Bartol, Frank F ^b   Wiley, Anne A ^b   Khalil, Mohammed K ^a   Williams, Carol S ^a   Vig, Madan M ^a  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Efferent ductules; Epididymis; Estrogen receptor; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; GOAT; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETE TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; GOATS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0031919210     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199802)250:2<164::AID-AR6>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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