Expression of the basic helix-loop-helix protein REBα in rat testicular sertoli cells

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1244-1250

  Chaudhary, Jaideep ^a   Kim, Grace ^a   Skinner, Michael K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS;

EID: 0032917010     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.5.1244     Document Type: Article

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