Role of transforming growth factor-α and the epidermal growth factor receptor in embryonic rat testis development

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 477-490

  Levine, Elena ^a,b   Cupp, Andrea S ^a   Miyashiro, Linda ^a   Skinner, Michael K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033999447     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod62.3.477     Document Type: Article

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