Inhibin and activin subunits and spermatogenesis

Andrologia

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-52

  Tuohimaa, Pentti ^a   Zhuang, Y H ^a   Ylikomi, T ^a   Syvala H ^a   Blauer M ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Activin; Inhibin; Paracrine; Testis; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; INHIBIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ACTIVINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; INHIBINS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0033983216     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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