Expression, action, and regulation of transforming growth factor alpha and epidermal growth factor receptor during embryonic and perinatal rat testis development

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1019-1029

  Cupp, A S ^a   Skinner, M K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FSH; Gametogenesis; Mesenchymal epithelial; Sertoli cell

Indexed keywords

DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MESENCHYME CELL; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0034749383     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2001.tb03443.x     Document Type: Article

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