Effect of photoperiod on the distribution patterns of androgen receptors and steroid hormone concentrations in ovaries of bank voles

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-181

  Galas, Jerzy ^a   Słomczyńska, Maria ^a   Pierściński, Andrzej ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Bank voles; Ovary; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELLS; IMMUNOLOGY;

PHOTOPERIODS;

HORMONES;

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; STEROID HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; STROMA CELL; THECA CELL; VOLE;

ANIMALIA; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 0038714564     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0065-1281-00691     Document Type: Article

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