Androgen-regulated genes in the murine epididymis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 560-569

  Chauvin, Theodore R ^a   Griswold, Michael D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Epididymis; Microarray

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; RNA;

ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; EPIDIDYMIS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAD; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MIDPIECE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ORCHIECTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 3242755921     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.026302     Document Type: Article

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