Molecular weight forms of inhibin A and inhibin B in the bovine testis change with age

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1918-1925

  Kaneko, Hiroyuki ^a   Noguchi, J ^a   Kikuchi, K ^a   Hasegawa, Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inhibin; Sertoli cells; Testis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN A; INHIBIN ALPHA; INHIBIN B; INHIBIN BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COW; CROSS REACTION; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; FRACTIONATION; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBINS; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; SWINE; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 0037407567     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.012856     Document Type: Article

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