Effect of germ cell depletion on levels of specific mRNA transcripts in mouse Sertoli cells and Leydig cells

Reproduction

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 839-850

  O'Shaughnessy, P J ^a   Hu, L ^a   Baker, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; AQUAPORIN 8; BETA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN 36; BUSULFAN; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CLAUDIN 11; CLUSTERIN; CYCLIN D2; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; PROTEIN KINASE FYN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; SPO11 PROTEIN; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; TRANSFERRIN; WNT5A PROTEIN; WT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SERTOLI CELL; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEROIDOGENESIS;

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EID: 45249123233     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep-08-0012     Document Type: Article

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