Expression of bone morphogenetic protein 7 in murine epididymis is developmentally regulated

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1503-1508

  Chen, Michael Y ^a   Carpenter, Don ^a   Zhao, Guang Quan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EPIDIDYMIS; GROWTH REGULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL MATURATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0032969572     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.6.1503     Document Type: Article

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