Oxytocin gene expression and action in goat testis

Theriogenology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 425-434

  Inaba, T ^a   Nakayama, Y ^a   Tani, H ^a   Tamada, H ^a   Kawate, N ^a   Sawada, T ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Goat; Oxytocin; Oxytocin mRNA; Oxytocin receptor; Testis

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GOAT; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BINDING SITES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GOATS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OXYTOCIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VEINS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0033179992     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00140-5     Document Type: Article

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