Effects of pre- and post- natal exposure to flutamide on connexin 43 expression in testes and ovaries of prepubertal pigs

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 67-73

  Kopera, I ^a   Durlej, M ^a   Hejmej, A ^a   Knapczyk Stwora, K ^a   Duda, M ^a   Slomczynska, M ^a   Koziorowski, M ^b   Bilińska, Barbara ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cx43 gene expression; Flutamide; Ovary; Prepubertal pigs; Testis

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 77953150087     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2010.e15     Document Type: Article

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