Localization of immunoreactive testosterone and 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/Δ5-Δ4 isomerase in cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) testes during postnatal development

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 62-66

  Liang, Ji Hong ^a,b   Sankai, Tadashi ^a   Yoshida, Takashi ^a   Cho, Fumiaki ^a   Yoshikawa, Yasuhiro ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 HSD cynomolgus monkey; Development; Immunocytochemistry; Leydig cell; Sertoli cell; Testosterone testis

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MACACA; MALE; METABOLISM; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELLS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0033111068     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1999.tb00252.x     Document Type: Article

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