Study of the effects of aging on macromolecular synthesis in mouse steroid secreting cells using microscopic radioautography

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-18

  Nagata, Tetsuji ^a   Ito, M ^b   Liang, Y ^b   Gao, F ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Aging; DNA; Leyding cells; Light and electron microscopic radioautography; Mouse; Protein; RNA

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL AGING; CELL SECRETION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; LABELING INDEX; LEYDIG CELL; MACROMOLECULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; STEROID RELEASE; ZONA GLOMERULOSA;

EID: 0034025057     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.2000.22.1.795795     Document Type: Article

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