Connexin 43 gene expression in male and female gonads of porcine offspring following in utero exposure to an anti-androgen, flutamide

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-12

  Durlej, Malgorzata ^a   Kopera, Ilona ^a   Knapczyk Stwora, Katarzyna ^a   Hejmej, Anna ^a   Duda, Malgorzata ^a   Koziorowski, Marek ^b   Slomczynska, Maria ^a   Bilinska, Barbara ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CONNEXIN 43; FLUTAMIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY CELL; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CONNEXIN 43; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SUS SCROFA; TESTIS; UTERUS;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 78649843936     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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