Peroxisomes in the apocrine sweat glands of the human axilla and their putative role in pheromone production

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1344-1349

  Rothardt, G ^a   Beier, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Axillary apocrine gland; Cholesterol biosynthesis; Peroxisome; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PEROXISOME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEAT GLAND;

EID: 0034842389     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00000946     Document Type: Article

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