Complementary approaches demonstrate that cellular aromatization in the bank vole testis is related to photoperiod

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-62

  Kotula Balak, M ^a   Slomczynska, M ^a   Fraczek, B ^a   Bourguiba, S ^b   Tabarowski, Z ^a   Carreau, S ^b   Bilinska, Barbara ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Bank vole; Estradiol; Immunohistochemistry; P450 aromatase activity; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS FUNCTION; VOLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037230211     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/807     Document Type: Article

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