Development and differentiation of the interstitial and tubular compartments of fetal porcine testes

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-127

  Kaminski, M A ^a,c   Corbin, C J ^b   Conley, A J ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; CYTOCHROME P450;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERSTITIUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; SWINE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 0032922272     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.1.119     Document Type: Article

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