Preserved tissue structure of efferent ductules in aromatase-deficient mice

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 137-146

  Toda, Katsumi ^a   Okada, Teruhiko ^a   Hayashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Saibara, Toshiji ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROMATASE DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GOLGI COMPLEX; HISTOLOGY; ION TRANSPORT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; EJACULATORY DUCTS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SODIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTER; TESTIS;

EID: 55049112212     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-08-0257     Document Type: Article

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