The effects of FSH and of testosterone on the completion of meiosis and the very early steps of spermiogenesis of the rat: An in vitro study

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 729-742

  Vigier, M ^a   Weiss, M ^a   Perrard, M H ^a   Godet, M ^a   Durand, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; FOLLITROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE; THYMOSTIMULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL SHAPE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HALF LIFE TIME; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; MALE; MEIOSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11244249738     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/jme.1.01493     Document Type: Article

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