Aromatase is abundantly expressed by neonatal rat penis but downregulated in adulthood

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 343-359

  Jesmin, S ^a   Mowa, C N ^b   Sakuma, I ^a   Matsuda, N ^a   Togashi, H ^a   Yoshioka, M ^a   Hattori, Y ^a   Kitabatake, A ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; AROMATASE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; MICROSOME ENZYME; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PENIS; PENIS GLANS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AROMATASE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; IMMUNE SERA; MALE; OVARY; PENIS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 7244234375     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/jme.1.01548     Document Type: Article

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