Immunolocalization of androgen receptor and steroidogenic enzymes in cumuli oophori of pre- and post-ovulatory rats

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 576-582

  Szołtys, Maria ^a   Słomczyńska, Maria ^a   Knapczyk Stwora, Katarzyna ^a   Durlej, Małgorzata ^a   Lechowska, Agnieszka ^a   Starowicz, Agnieszka ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

3 HSD; Androgen receptor; P450c17; Periovulatory cumuli oophori; Rat

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450C17;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; ZYGOTE;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE;

RATTUS;

EID: 77957118135     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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