Distribution of androgen receptor and steroid hormone concentrations in ovaries of immature bank voles: Effect of photoperiod

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 437-445

  Galas, Jerzy ^a   Knapczyk, Katarzyna ^a   Słomczyńska, Maria ^a   Kwaśnik, Anna ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

3 HSD; Androgen receptor; Bank voles; Ovary; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; AROMATIZATION; CELLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMMUNOLOGY; REACTION KINETICS;

ANDROGEN RECEPTORS; OVARIAN ANDROGENS; STEROID CONTENTS;

HORMONES;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNITY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; STROMA CELL; THECA CELL;

ANIMALIA; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 35148854166     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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