Changes in circulating and testicular levels of inhibin A and B and activin A during postnatal development in the rat

Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3532-3541

  Buzzard, Jeremy J ^a   Loveland, Kate L ^a   O'Bryan, Moira K ^a   O'Connor, Anne E ^a   Bakker, Marilyn ^a   Hayashi, Tetsuo ^a   Wreford, Nigel G ^a   Morrison, John R ^a   De Kretser, David M ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; INHIBIN A; INHIBIN B; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS WEIGHT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 3042598888     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-1036     Document Type: Article

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