Estrogens and epididymal function

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 273-283

  Hess, R A ^a   Zhou, Q ^a   Nie, R ^a   Oliveira, C ^a   Cho, H ^a   Nakai, M ^a   Carnes, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Efferent ductules; Estrogen receptor; Male; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL ORGANELLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOPLASM; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FLUID TRANSPORT; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYSOSOME; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RETE TESTIS; REVIEW; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; TRANSGENE; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTROGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 0035215194     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD00100     Document Type: Review

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