Distribution of estrogen receptors (ERα and ERβ) and androgen receptor in the testis of big fruit-eating bat Artibeus lituratus is cell- and stage-specific and increases during gonadal regression

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 283-292

  Oliveira, Regiana L ^a   Oliveira, André G ^a   Mahecha, Germán A B ^a   Nogueira, José C ^a   Oliveira, Cleida A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Chiroptera; Estrogen receptor; Seasonality; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTIBEUS LITURATUS; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS FUNCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 62049084142     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.01.019     Document Type: Article

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