Tissue-specific distribution of the androgen receptor (AR) in the porcine fetus

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 358-365

  Burek, Małgorzata ^a   Duda, Małgorzata ^a   Knapczyk, Katarzyna ^a   Koziorowski, Marek ^b   Słomczyńska, Maria ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Embryo; Immunolabelling; Porcine

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOLOGY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PROTEINS; RNA; TISSUE;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; EMBRYO; EPITHELIAL CELLS; IMMUNOLABELLING; PORCINE; PORCINE FETUSES;

HORMONES;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONAD; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY TUBULE; LUNG; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY CELL; PIGLET; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMA CELL; SWINE; TESTIS; UMBILICAL CORD;

SUS;

EID: 34748860270     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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