Formation of 5α-reduced androgens in the testes and urogenital tract of the grey short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 649-654

  Wilson, Jean D ^a,b   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a   Auchus, Richard J ^b   Pask, Andrew J ^a   Shaw, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; METABOLITE; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; TESTIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; AGING; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; PHALANGERIDAE; RODENTIA;

AGING; ANDROGENS; ANDROSTANE-3,17-DIOL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; MALE; MONODELPHIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 67649695573     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD08253     Document Type: Article

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