Relationship between gene expression of nitric oxide synthase and androgens in rat corpus cavernosum

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1092-1095

  Shen, Zhoujun ^a   Chen, Zhaodian ^a   Lu, Yingli ^b   Chen, Feng ^a   Chen, Zhi ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Androgen; Corpus cavemosum; Nitric oxide synthase; Penis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS1 PROTEIN, RAT; NOS3 PROTEIN, RAT; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PENIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PENIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034584782     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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