Unexpected virilization in male mice lacking steroid 5α-reductase enzymes

Endocrinology

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 4652-4662

  Mahendroo, Mala S ^a   Cala, Kristi M ^a   Hess, David L ^b   Russell, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BOLDENONE; N [1 (4 TRIFLUOROMETHYLPHENYL)CYCLOPENTENYL] 3 OXO 4 AZA 5ALPHA ANDROST 1 ENE 17BETA CARBOXAMIDE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE 1; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE 2; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENOTYPE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL VESICLE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VIRILIZATION;

EID: 0034750057     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.142.11.8510     Document Type: Article

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