Estrogen response system in the reproductive tract of the male turtle: An immunocytochemical study

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-33

  Gist, Daniel H ^a   Bradshaw, Suzanne ^a   Morrow, Carla M K ^b   Congdon, Justin D ^c   Hess, Rex A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; ER ; ER ; Excurrent ducts; Testis; Turtle

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENITAL SYSTEM; GERM CELL; HORMONE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETE TESTIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TURTLE;

EID: 33846940255     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.06.012     Document Type: Article

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