Rat testicular germ cells and epididymal sperm contain active P450 aromatase

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-71

  Janulis, Lynn ^a   Bahr, Janice M ^a   Hess, Rex A ^a   Janssen, Sarah ^b   Osawa, Yoshio ^c   Bunick, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c HAUPTMAN WOODWARD MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Estrogen; Testis

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTROGENS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0031951883     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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