Heregulins or neu differentiation factors and the interactions between peritubular myoid cells and Sertoli cells

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2216-2223

  Hoeben, E ^a   Swinnen, J V ^a   Heyns, W ^a   Verhoeven, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN BINDING PROTEIN; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0033324982     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.5.6712     Document Type: Article

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