Later onset of apoptosis in the bulbourethral glands after castration compared to that in the seminal vesicles

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-118

  Tsuji, Motomu ^a   Terada, Nobuyuki ^b   Sugihara, Ayako ^b   Tsujimura, Tohru ^b   Donjacour, Annemarie A ^c   Cunha, Gerald R ^c  

^a Itami City Hospital   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA DETERMINATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEMINAL VESICLE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS; DNA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORCHIECTOMY; SEMINAL VESICLES;

EID: 0032191774     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(98)00079-X     Document Type: Article

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