Immunohistochemical localization and androgen receptor in rat oocytes

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 59-64

  Szołtys, Maria ^a   Słomczyńska, Marias ^a   Tabarowski, Zbigniew ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Germinal visicle; Nucleolus; Oocyte; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AVIDIN; BIOTIN; PEROXIDASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERMINAL VESICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREPUBERTY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0037249978     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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