Unsolved problems in male physiology: Studies in a marsupial

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 211, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 33-36

  Wilson, Jean D ^a,b   Leihy, Michael W ^b   Shaw, Geoffrey ^b   Renfree, Marilyn B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

5 Androstane 3 , 17 diol and 5 Pregnane 3 , 17 diol 20 one; Dihydrotestosterone; Marsupial; Tammar wallaby; Testosterone; Urogenital sinus; Virilization

Indexed keywords

5ALPHA PREGNANE 3ALPHA,17ALPHA DIOL 20 ONE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIOL; ANDROSTERONE; PREGNANE DERIVATIVE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MARSUPIAL; MASCULINITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; UROGENITAL SINUS; VIRILIZATION;

EID: 0344515665     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2003.09.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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