Evidence of androgen-dependent sperm storage in female reproductive tract of Scotophilus heathi

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 120-126

  Roy, Vikas Kumar ^a   Krishna, Amitabh ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Androgen binding protein; Androgen receptor; Bat; Sperm storage; Testosterone; Utero tubal junction

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN BINDING PROTEIN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONE ACTION; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UTERINE TUBE;

EID: 71649108836     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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