Age-dependent expression and localization of the progesterone receptor in the boar testis

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-5

  Kohler, C ^a   Riesenbeck, A ^a   Hoffmann, B ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SWINE; TESTIS;

AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; PEPTIDE MAPPING; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SWINE; TESTIS;

MYOIDA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33846027831     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2006.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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