Estrogen receptor α has a functional role in the mouse rete testis and efferent ductules

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1873-1880

  Lee, K H ^a   Hess, R A ^a   Bahr, J M ^a   Lubahn, D B ^a   Taylor, J ^a   Bunick, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Estradiol; Estradiol receptor; Male reproductive tract; Testes

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUSH BORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSOME; GENE FUNCTION; LYSOSOME; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETE TESTIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033709327     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod63.6.1873     Document Type: Article

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