The pattern of inhibin/activin α- and β(B)-subunit messenger ribonucleic acid expression in rat testis after selective leydig cell destruction by ethylene dimethane sulfonate

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 5761-5770

  Tena Sempere, Manuel ^a,b   Kero, Jukka ^a   Rannikko, Antti ^a   Yan, Wei ^a   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ANDROGEN BINDING PROTEIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; INHIBIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS;

EID: 0033304675     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.12.7193     Document Type: Article

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